Antonio Mancini (1852 – 1930)
Ritratto Maschile – Claude Ponsonby, 1900
Oil on Panel
H 18,5 x W 11,5 cm
H 7 1/4 x W 4 1/2 inch
H 7 1/4 x W 4 1/2 inch
c 1900
Signed, upper left corner
Signed, upper left corner
Antonio Mancini was one of the most compelling figures in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Italian painting. Born in Rome in 1852, he trained at the Accademia di Belle Arti...
Antonio Mancini was one of the most compelling figures in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Italian painting. Born in Rome in 1852, he trained at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Naples, where he studied under Domenico Morelli and Filippo Palizzi, two major proponents of Italian verismo - a realist current dedicated to representing truth and emotion without embellishment. From an early age, Mancini distinguished himself through a remarkable facility for drawing and an intense psychological sensitivity that would become the hallmark of his art.