Lot 89: Filippo Baratti (Italian, fl. 1868-1904)

La Sultane, Patio de los Arrayanes (Court of Myrtles), The Alhambra Palace
signed 'F Baratti' and dated '1901', signed and inscribed on the reverse
oil on canvas
118 x 89.5 cm. (46 1/2 x 35 1/4 in.)

Born in Trieste, Filippo Baratti participated in the 1868 Esposizione di Belle Arti held at the Brera Gallery in Milan and for the next four years he exhibited work at the Società Promotrice
di Bella Arti of Turin. The majority of Baratti's work does depict Orientalist subjects, executed in a highly polished and naturalistic style, a number were also set in the Alhambra Palace, Granada.

Illustrated:
P. Hook & M. Poltimore, A Dictionary of European Genre Painters, p. 355.