Rubber Harvester in the Brazilian Forest

Giuseppe Leone Righini (also Joseph Léon Righini) was an Italian painter, draftsman, engraver, photographer, and set designer. He is known for his paintings of the north Brazilian landscape and Amazon rainforest. Having arrived in Brazil in 1856, Righini recorded several of the country’s important places and monuments through on-site observation. His experience working in theater is evident in the present work’s dramatic composition – the harvester is dwarfed by the tremendous trees that envelop him. Righini would remain in Brazil until his death.