THE BARGAINING

GIULIO ROSATI IS ONE OF THE MOST RENOWNED AMONG ITALIAN ORIENTALISTS. THE DELICATE GRACE AND THE ACCURATE PRECISION OF HIS WATERCOLOURS ARE EVEN MORE EXTRAORDINARY IF ONE CONSIDERS THAT ALL HIS ORIENTALIST WORKS WERE CREATED IN ROME ON THE BASIS OF PHOTOGRAPHS, TWO ETCHINGS AND THE OBJECTS THAT THE ARTIST WOULD HAVE OBSERVED IN HIS COLLEAGUES' STUDIOS. HIS ROMANTIC, SOPHISTICATED WATERCOLOURS WERE ALMOST WITHOUT EXCEPTION DRAWN FROM HIS IMAGINATION.