"NEW TO THE MARKET". VERY LARGE GIULIO ROSATI WATER COLOR. (29" x 37") THIS PAINTING HAS NOT BEEN ON THE MARKET SINCE POSSIBLY WHEN IT WAS NEW.

I PURCHASED IT SOME 40 PLUS YEARS AGO FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTOR WHO ACQUIRED IT FROM THE ORIGINAL PROMINENT MID-WEST BREWERY FAMILY WHO BOUGHT IT IN EUROPE AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. THIS IS THE SIZE OF ROSATI THAT DREW OVER $500,000 IN A 2009 AUCTION. IT IS IN MINT CONDITION IN THE ORIGINAL FRAME WITH WAVY BUBBLY GLASS!

IT WAS ACID FREE CONSERVATIVELY MATTED & RE-MOUNTED SOME 30 YEARS AGO TO PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS. SHIPPING COVERS THE LOWER 48 STATES. WILL WORK WITH YOU IF SHIPPED ABROAD. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS.

Giulio Rosati (b.1858, d. 1917) was an Italian painter who studied painting at the Academy of Rome. Working mainly in watercolor, and sometimes in oil, Rosati focused nearly his entire painting career on Orientalist art, and was part of a large group of painters at the time, who were depicting similar Middle Eastern subjects. This was a time of greater accessibility to the Middle East, and even though Rosati himself never went, he was able to create his images using photographs, literature, engravings, Oriental carpets, clothes, and objects brought back from travelers. Orientalist painting became increasingly popular among American and British collectors toward the end of the 18th century as souvenirs of their exotic travels.

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