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Gaetano Previati
(Ferrara, 1852 - 1920)
Madonna of the Lilies (The Morning of Life)
Oil on canvas
cm. 123x76
Signature lower right. On the back: declaration of authenticity by Carlo Fornara, dated 11 March 1925; label Galleria Annunciata, Milan, with data on the work; handwritten label "Provenienza/Coll- Fornara/Mazzotta/da: Galleria Annunciata/Via Manzoni/Mi."
Exhibitions: 2008, Towards Ferrara...forty Ferrarese painters of the 20th century, 1 March - 30 April, Monica Benini Arte, Ferrara (reprinted in cat. p. 117); 2006, Gaetano Previati, Galleria Berman, Turin; 1983, An exhibition for you. Selected works, from 22 October, Galleria Annunciata, Milan; 1919, Exhibition by G. Previati for the tuberculosis hospital of Cuasso al Monte, Bestetti and Tumminelli, Milan.
Bibliography: 1919, Gaetano Previati, N. Barbantini, Rome-Milan, p. 195; 2007, Gaetano Previati, The scientific principles of Divisionism, edited by AP Torresi, Ferrara (cover image).