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Oil on panel by Giacinto Gigante 1806-1876
Depicting the historic Santa Lucia district of Naples
Very lively neighborhood, very bright colors
Signed in red lower left:
S. Lucia – Nap Gia Gigante 1838
In a period blackened and gilded wooden frame
In very good shape
*Giacinto Gigante, born in Naples 1806-1876, is an Italian painter best known for his landscapes
Born into a family of painters (his father Gaetano and his two brothers, Ercole and Achille are also painters), Giacinto Gigante was naturally introduced to this art by them.
In the 1830s, he became a recognized painter and received numerous decorations both in the Two Sicilies and abroad. . Its most fertile period then began, between 1830 and 1860
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