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LOT 2:
ANTIQUE ANGEL DANCE ENGRAVING BY VIRGILIO TOJETTI
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ANTIQUE ANGEL DANCE ENGRAVING BY VIRGILIO TOJETTI
Virgilio Tojetti, American, Italian, 1849 to 1901, hand colored engraving on paper, The Dancing Lesson, 1891. Signed and dated in the plate lower right. Matted. Virgilio Tojetti was an American, Italian born, painter, muralist. Born in Rome, Italy on March 15, 1849, the son of Domenico Tojetti. Virgilio was a pupil of his father and later studied in Paris with Gerome and Bouguereau. He was a resident of San Francisco from 1871 until about 1883 when he moved to NYC where he painted murals in the Savoy Hotel, Hoffman House and others. He became popular in the East as a painter of genre scenes and frescoes. Antique and Vintage Graphic Art Prints and Collectibles.
Dimensions: Framed 20 x 24 in. Plate 12 x 17 in. All measurements are approximate.
