Lot Essay
Mancinelli is known for his historic and mythological subjects close in style to the present work. This painting is based on Ingres' monumental painting L'Apothéose d'Homère painted 1827 in the Louvre.
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The Apotheosis of Homer
Details
Giuseppe Mancinelli (Italian, 1813-1875)
The Apotheosis of Homer
signed 'Gius. Mancinelli' lower right
oil on canvas
42½ x 51½in. (108 x 130.9cm.)
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The Apotheosis of Homer
signed 'Gius. Mancinelli' lower right
oil on canvas
42½ x 51½in. (108 x 130.9cm.)
two (2)