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Pompei -  Ettore Forti (19th-20th century)
Pompei -  Ettore Forti (19th-20th century) - Paintings & Drawings Style Napoléon III Pompei -  Ettore Forti (19th-20th century) -
Ref : 117149
60 000 €
Period :
19th century
Artist :
Ettore Forti
Provenance :
Italy
Medium :
Oil on canvas
Dimensions :
L. 39.37 inch X H. 23.62 inch
Paintings & Drawings  - Pompei -  Ettore Forti (19th-20th century) 19th century - Pompei -  Ettore Forti (19th-20th century)
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Pompei - Ettore Forti (19th-20th century)

Ettore Forti (19th-20th century), “Pompei”, 2nd half of the 19th century
Oil on canvas, 60 x 100 cm
Signed “Forti” lower right.

The painting depicts a genre scene within the city of Pompeii reimagined by the artist. At the center of the work is a chariot driven by an Auriga with black curls, who winks boldly at two women on his left. The two figures shelter from the sun with a rather oriental-style umbrella: the girl on the left, of African descent and dressed in gold jewelry and dark clothes, accompanies the young Roman woman on her left, recognizable by her typical hairstyle of curls that fall on her forehead.
In the shade of the porticoes composed of imposing Doric columns, two women exchange some gossip; one of them carries a heavy wicker basket under her arm, containing a fruit that looks very much like oranges. Curiously, this citrus fruit did not arrive on the European tables until the 15th century, imported into the peninsula by the Arabs.
On the left, a street vendor tries to sell roses to a group of men; among them, an old man, dressed in a white toga, a garment reserved exclusively for male Roman citizens. On his head he wears a purple ribbon: Forti's aim was in fact to represent an official of some public office; in this case too, this is a funny historical inaccuracy.
The scene is dominated by an important triumphal arch, on top of which is a sculptural group depicting a quadriga driven by a victorious deity; immediately behind it, two maritime pines and an obelisk, perhaps imported from the Provinces, peep out.
In the distance, half hidden by a thick mist, the Vesuvius, from which a white column of smoke emerges.

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19th Century Oil Painting Napoléon III