Aurelio Tiratelli (Italian, 1842-1900)

The Village Procession

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Aurelio Tiratelli (Italian, 1842-1900)
The Village Procession
signed and inscribed 'Tiratelli-Roma.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
24¼ x 53½ in. (61.6 x 135.9 cm.)

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Please note that the artist for this work is Cesare Tiratelli (1864- 1933) and that it is signed and inscribed 'Tiratelli. C-Roma' and not as stated in the catalogue.

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Born in Rome in 1842, Tiratelli was trained at the Accademia de San Luca with the sculptors Adamo Tadolini and Pietro Tenerani and the painters Tommaso Minardi, Alessandro Capalti and Frencesco Podesti. His oeuvre is dedicated, in the most part, the depictions of the Roman campagna. He was the father and teacher of Cesare Tiratelli, also a landscape painter.

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