Still Life Oil Painting Attributed to Tito Chelazzi, 1877
Item Details
Attributed to Tito Chelazzi (Italian; 1834-1892)
Untitled (Floral still life), 1877
Oil painting on canvas
Signed and dated to the lower right
Presented in a painted wood frame with tied floral molding on the outer edge, mottled cove, and acanthus leaf sight edge
Label to stretcher on verso from “Alfredo Candida Gallery of Paintings”
Condition
- light accretion to surface of painting, heavy accretion to frame and verso; discoloration to varnish on painting; craquelure throughout, with open tears in canvas to lower right measuring 6″ × 2.5″; stretcher marks to canvas; some warping to canvas, notable along left side; patch repairs to other tears visible to verso in upper center, lower left, and just below left-center of canvas; chipped paint loss to lower left; restoration includes overpainting to leaf over tear in upper center, along left edge over frame rub, and other touch-ups throughout; signature has been partially touched up with paint over original; canvas has been re-stretched; scuffs, chips, and cracking to gesso molding on frame; tape and adhesive remnants to verso; wear and discoloration to gallery label.
Dimensions
- measures frame; visible image measures 15" W x 30.5" H.
Item #
ITMG063080