Bidspirit auction | Maria Martinetti Antique Italian Figural

Maria Martinetti Antique Italian Figural Watercolor Painting - Antique Italian Figural Watercolor Painting by Maria Martinetti (Italian 1864-1921) | Entitled FLIRTING AT A FOUNTAIN | Watercolor on Paper | Signed and dated by the artist in the lower left corner of image ”Maria Martinetti Roma 1908 | Housed in a gold gilt gesso wood frame under glass, Artist plaque on Front bottom frame ”Martinetti” | Approx. Dimensions: 21” H x 28.5” W | Maria Martinetti attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, studying under the Orientalist painter Gustavo Simoni. She exhibited works in Rome, Venice and Paris, where she was awarded a Gold Medal in 1889. Using her own imagination, influenced by the strong interest in Arab culture in Rome in the 1880s, as well as sketches by Simoni, photographs, engravings, and objects, she executed works of Moroccan guards, merchants, harem interiors and Bedouins. She emigrated to America in 1890. From Bonhams, Bond Street, London.