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Italian Peasants.

COLLINS, William. Italian Peasants. [c.1839]
Gouache and gum arabic on grey card. In an oval card mount. Approx. 25x20cm. On verso of mount are two labels laid on to brown paper: 'Italian Peasants, by W. Collins R.A. Presented by Lady Currie' and 'Mrs Moltino, Jany. 1910.

¶William Collins, 1788-1847, father of the novelist William Wilkie Collins, was a highly popular landscape and genre painter. He was elected a Royal Academician in 1820. In the Autumn of 1836 Collins left Britain for Italy and remained there, immersing himself in study, until 1838. On his return to Britain he began a series of paintings depicting Italian life and it is likely that this striking image was created during this period.
Stock #62384
£1750


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