Augusto Ferri, Stop at the Fountain, circa 1860
Description
Oil on doubled canvas, signed illegibly lower right: "Ferri".
Framed: 63x78 cm (50x65 cm).
Augusto Ferri (Bologna 1829 - 1895 Pesaro) - Italian painter and set designer. He started learning painting with his father, the set designer, Domenico Ferri. In 1851, he designed the Teatro Regio set design and gained fame. Then he moved to Turin. He painted genre scenes and still flowering natures.