Antonio Pascutti [1832-1892]
Italian genre painter, watercolorist and draughtsman
Billet-doux [The love letter], 1873
Oil on panel
7-1/4 x 9-3/4 inches [unframed]

Marking type: Horizontal rectangular white (aged) label with red line inset border.
Location: Verso.
Text: ‘The Billet-doux- / by / a. Pascutti [handwritten]’.

TITLES:
2023 Billet-doux [The love letter] [as per verso label]

CONDITION:
Original untouched condition in period frame.

DESCRIPTION:
Antonio Pascutti (1832-1892) was an Italian genre painter, watercolorist and draughtsman best known for his work on the decorations of some rooms of the Caffè Florián in Venice, one of the world’s oldest coffee houses located in Venice, Italy.  This work on offer follows in the artist’s genre style works.  Two women sit together, one playing a lyre (small string harp).

PROVENANCE:
2023 ( David Smernoff, New Haven, CT & New York, NY ) ;
after 1873 Private collection of [unknown] ;
1873 Antonio Pascutti [1832-1892], the artist .

EXHIBITION:
– [none known] ;

REFERENCES:
– [none known] ;

BIOGRAPHY:
Antonio Pascutti (1832-1892) was an Italian genre painter, watercolorist and draughtsman. The artist was born February 26, 1832 in Trieste, Italy and died January 6, 1892 in Venice, Italy at the age of 41. He along with another painter, created the decorations of some rooms of the Caffè Florián in Venice.