Francesco Saverio Altamura
(Foggia 1826–1897 Naples)
Love with Obstacles (Odi vecchi, amori nuovi), signed, dated Altamura 1864, oil on canvas, 163 x 223 cm, framed
Provenance:
Collection of Prince Gioacchino Colonna (1809-1900), Naples, acquired at the Promotrice in 1865;
Private Collection, Italy, since 1992.
Exhibited:
Naples, Promotrice, 1864 (not mentioned in the catalogue).
Catalogued and illustrated in:
Mario Simone, Saverio Altamura - pittore - patriota foggiano nell’autobiografia, nella critica e nei documenti, Foggia 1965, pp. 41, 49, 153;
C. Farese Sperken, L. Martorelli, F. Picca, la Patria, l’Arte la donna - Francesco Saverio Altamura e la pittura dell’Ottocento in Italia, Foggia 2012, pp. 228, 245.
A certificate issued by Dott. Cinzia Virno, Rome, 12 February 2018, is available upon request.
Altamura's large canvas Odi vecchi, amori nuovi, set inside the church of Orsanmichele, was executed in Florence in 1864 and exhibited that same year, out of catalogue, at the Promotrice in Naples.
The subject was inspired by an old narrative of the rival Florentine families of the Buondelmonte and the Amidei. The work was painted during Altamura's final period in Florence, where he resided from 1849 to 1867, before suffering the severe mental disorders that forced him to return to Naples where he was admitted to a psychiatric hospital.
The City of Naples had allocated the sum of 18,000 lira for the purchase of works of art from the artist, half of which was earmarked for this painting alone. However, the municipal commission excluded the work from the list of paintings, perhaps in order to favour Prince Gioacchino Colonna who had expressed an interest in acquiring it. Thus, the Prince, a personal friend and admirer of Altamura, became its owner.
Critics consider this to be the most important painting by the artist from Foggia.
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(Foggia 1826–1897 Naples)
Love with Obstacles (Odi vecchi, amori nuovi), signed, dated Altamura 1864, oil on canvas, 163 x 223 cm, framed
Provenance:
Collection of Prince Gioacchino Colonna (1809-1900), Naples, acquired at the Promotrice in 1865;
Private Collection, Italy, since 1992.
Exhibited:
Naples, Promotrice, 1864 (not mentioned in the catalogue).
Catalogued and illustrated in:
Mario Simone, Saverio Altamura - pittore - patriota foggiano nell’autobiografia, nella critica e nei documenti, Foggia 1965, pp. 41, 49, 153;
C. Farese Sperken, L. Martorelli, F. Picca, la Patria, l’Arte la donna - Francesco Saverio Altamura e la pittura dell’Ottocento in Italia, Foggia 2012, pp. 228, 245.
A certificate issued by Dott. Cinzia Virno, Rome, 12 February 2018, is available upon request.
Altamura's large canvas Odi vecchi, amori nuovi, set inside the church of Orsanmichele, was executed in Florence in 1864 and exhibited that same year, out of catalogue, at the Promotrice in Naples.
The subject was inspired by an old narrative of the rival Florentine families of the Buondelmonte and the Amidei. The work was painted during Altamura's final period in Florence, where he resided from 1849 to 1867, before suffering the severe mental disorders that forced him to return to Naples where he was admitted to a psychiatric hospital.
The City of Naples had allocated the sum of 18,000 lira for the purchase of works of art from the artist, half of which was earmarked for this painting alone. However, the municipal commission excluded the work from the list of paintings, perhaps in order to favour Prince Gioacchino Colonna who had expressed an interest in acquiring it. Thus, the Prince, a personal friend and admirer of Altamura, became its owner.
Critics consider this to be the most important painting by the artist from Foggia.
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