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Francesco Jacovacci was born in Rome on 30 January 1838 and died there on 26 June 1908. He collaborates with Cesare Fracassini on the frescoes of the Basilica of Saint Lawrence outside the Walls. According to the biographical entry, his works are often sold by the Goupil gallery.
The listed works include *Nascita di un Principe* (1876), associated with the Brooklyn Museum, *Addio al Passato* (1877), associated with the GAM in Milan, and *Ultimo giorno della Repubblica Veneta* (1888). *Arrival of Venetian noblewomen in a gondola*, dated 1874, bears the inscription and signature “F Jacovacci Roma 74” and measures 45.5 × 55.4 cm. A portrait of an elderly woman is dedicated and signed at the lower right: “All'amico D'orazi / F Jacovacci”. In 1880, Jacovacci wins a prize at the fourth national exhibition of fine arts in Turin.
This profile brings together identity references for Francesco Jacovacci and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Koller
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Oil on wood
Ankunft venezianischer Edeldamen in einer Gondel. 1874.
Öl auf Holz
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