before 1882
Edition Size: Proof unknown
Image Size: 17,5 x 23,5 cm
Sheet Size: 21,5 x 28,8 cm
Reference: Mezzetti, 1935, p. 206, no. 380
Signed
Condition: Pristine
A rare impression avant la lettre, before the publication in the French magazine l’Art (1882) where was added the printed title Lavandière (souvenir du Lac Majeur).
The sample is stamped on China paper. In excellent condition, with wide margins.
€1,650.00
A painter, etcher and an active contributor to the Italian Risorgimento, Eleuterio Pagliano studied at the Brera, to which he enrolled in 1836, at eleven years, on Sabatelli’s recommendation. A patriot, in 1848 Pagliano joined the popular revolt against the Austrian garrison in Milan known as ‘Le Cinque Giornate’ and in 1849 he fought under Garibaldi in Rome. In the early fifties he met and became friends with Domenico Morelli, whose anti-academic researches influenced Pagliano’s painting, thematically oriented toward the historical and patriotic subjects.
