PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

POMPEO MARIANI (ITALIAN 1857-1927)
Steamship in heavy seas
signed dated PMariani/1884 and dedicated to Comm. Albenga (lower left)
oil on panel
29.5 x 42.5 cm

PROVENANCE:

Gifted and dedicated by the artist to the great grandfather of the present owner thence by descent.

In 1885 Mariani won a gold medal at Paris for his Orientalist sketches and a silver medal at London, for his sea-scapes. He was made an honorary Associate of the Brera Academy.