Lot 4024: DOMENICO PELLEGRINI. OIL ON CANVAS. ITALIAN

DOMENICO PELLEGRINI. OIL ON CANVAS. ITALIAN PAINTER (1759-1840), "VENUS AND CUPID", OIL ON CANVAS. (LAID ON PANEL). DOMENICO PELLEGRINI WAS BORN IN GALLERIA IN ITALY AND STUDIED FIRST IN VENICE AND THEN IN ROME UNDER DOMENICO CORVI. HE CAME OVER TO LONDON IN 1792 AT THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF HIS FELLOW COUNTRYMAN FRANCESCO BARTOLOZZI (WHOSE PORTRAIT HE HAS PAINTED IN VENICE). PELLEGRINI CONTINUED TO EXHIBIT IN LONDON UNTIL 1812, BUT LATER RETURNED TO ROME. PAINTING MEASURES 28-1/4" X 42-1/4". FAIR TO GOOD CONDITION, SOME PAINT LOSS, CRAZING, AND STAINING THROUGHOUT.