Mavi Boncuk |Sürre Alayı | Carovana nei pressi del Cairo, 1874 Stefano Ussi [1]
Oil on Canvas Size 17.7 x 32.3 in. /45 x 82 cm.
[1] Stefano Ussi (b Florence, 3 Sept 1822; d Florence, 11 July 1901). Italian painter. He received his formal training at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Florence (1837–50, expelled 1838–40) under Tommaso Gazzarini (1790–1853), Pietro Benvenuti and Giuseppe Bezzuoli. In 1854 he won a scholarship to study in Rome. In December 1860 Ussi was appointed professor at the Accademia. He favoured historical and literary themes, executed with a realistic academic vocabulary, and portraits. His more private works, such as the portrait of his wife Linda Ussi in the garden (c. 1858–9; Florence, Pitti), display in their loose brushwork the freshness and luminosity of the style practised by the Macchiaioli, with whom he was acquainted.