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Eugenio Zampighi (1859–1944) was born in Modena and trained at its fine arts academy with Antonio Simonazzi. He continued studying in Rome and then Florence, where he settled in 1884. After beginning with history painting, he focused increasingly on genre scenes of Italian rural life. Photography played a direct part in their preparation: models posed in his studio wearing peasant or working people’s clothing, producing images that he reused in his compositions. These scenes offer an idealised vision of everyday life rather than a critique of social conditions. Their international circulation accompanied a production that continued into the early twentieth century, connecting staged observation with pictorial reconstruction of familiar domestic and rural situations.
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Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer · Schuler · Dobiaschofsky
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Oil on canvas
Grossmutters Kaffee
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2021-06-18
Published result : 1000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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Oil on canvas
Interieur mit Grossmutter und Enkel
Öl auf Lwd.
Catalogue period : 2016-04-29
Published result : 5500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 6000–12000
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Mutter mit Kleinkind am Fenster.
Öl auf Lwd.
Date to be documented
Published result : 18000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 28000
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Oil on hardboard
Der Geschwisterkuss.
Öl auf Htf
Date to be documented
Published result : 11000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4500
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