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Born in Pisa, Pietro D’Achiardi (1879–1940) combined work as a painter with art criticism and art-historical research. His education, associated with the University of Pisa, was extended by periods in Rome and European travels in 1905–1906 devoted to studying works directly in museums. He exhibited landscapes from the early years of the twentieth century and also worked in watercolour. Sacred art connected his scholarly investigations with commissions for churches, including projects in the Holy Land. In Rome, his floor design for the Sala del Mappamondo at Palazzo Venezia drew on ancient mosaic models. His career consequently brought historical knowledge, observation of places and decorative creation together within a practice spanning scholarship and art.
This profile brings together identity references for Pietro D'Achiardi and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Gouache
Le Dôme du Rocher, Jérusalem
gouache
Catalogue period : 2015-03-11
Published result : 400 CHF
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Estimate : CHF 400–600
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Gouache
Vue de Jérusalem
gouache
Catalogue period : 2015-03-11
Published result : 300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 300–500
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