$225,150
Fausto Zonaro (Italian/Turkish, 1854-1929) Torre de Leandro / A View of Salacak and Kiz Kulesi [Leander's Tower], Istanbul, Turkey Signed "F. Zonaro" l.l. Oil on canvas, 15 3/4 x 26 in. (40.0 x 66.0 cm), framed. Condition: Losses, craquelure, re-stretched. Provenance: Gift to Georg Ruckmann (1870-1961) of Lübeck, Germany, from a doctor that fled to Turkey before World War I; by family descent to a private New England collection. Ruckmann was an administrator of a hospital in Lübeck. N.B. The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Erol Makzume, and the work was documented in Elisa Zonaro's photo archives. We wish to thank both Erol Makzume and Cesare Mario Trevigne for their assistance with cataloguing the lot. Zonaro was born into a Paduan family of modest means, and had he not shown artistic promise as a child, would have been apprenticed into his father's bricklaying trade. (1) He was fortunate to attend a technical school near his hometown, and was later sponsored by a local noblewoman to attend the Accademia Di Belle Arti G. B. Cignaroli in Verona for his artistic training. After graduation, Zonaro moved to Venice where he opened his own studio on the Grand Canal. He developed a fine reputation for picturesque views and genre scenes which was bolstered by ducal patronage. Despite his commercial success, Zonaro grew dissatisfied by the late 1880s with his lack of artistic growth and sought ways to distinguish himself from his contemporaries. At this j
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-01-28