Eugenio Edouardo Zampighi (Italian, 1859-1944), The Pleasant Task

Oil on canvas, signed at lower right, presented in a period gilt composition frame with gallery plaque.

Sight size 22 x 17 1/4 in.; Frame dimensions 32 1/2 x 27 1/4 in.

Eugenio Zampighi enjoyed enormous success specializing in genre scenes of idyllic Italian rural life. Many of his highly detailed and realistic paintings were based on photographs taken in his studio of models in traditional clothing.

Minor stable craquelure; some minor paint loss in upper right corner; minor rubbing to frame.

$2,000 - 4,000