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GIOVANNI ( JOHN) LUZZO, (c.1840-c.1877) - Receive artist alerts » - More items from this artist »
Brig "Sisters" (1846 Italy)
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Signed/Inscribed/Dated
Signed and dated Gio. Luzzo 1846.
Dimensions25.50inch wide 13.50inch high (64.77 cm wide 34.29 cm high)
Framed Dimensions25.50inch framed width 17.50inch framed height (64.77 cm framed width 44.45 cm framed height)
Literature
Most likely the founding father of the Luzzo family of ship portrait artists, Giovanni (John) Luzzo is recorded as working between 1850 and 1880 in Venice. His ships are usually depicted under full sail within a Venetian scene and very accurately drawn.
A similar work by this artist is to be found in the Peabody Essex Museum no.0885 "Bark JOHN WESLEY of Searsport Leaving Venice"
A nineteenth century gouache of the merchant brig "Sisters" seen before the Doge's Palace, Venice with other visiting vessels and gondoliers plying for trade.
Signed and dated Gio. Luzzo 1846, within a period maple veneered frame.
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