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The fortune teller
MANCINI, Antonio (Mancini trained in Naples and visited Paris in 1875-76 and 1877-78. In 1883 he settled in Rome. With Sargent's help he achieved a considerable reputation in Britain. His figure paintings were influenced by seventeenth-century Old Masters. They include glittering light effects and incorporate thick impasto, sometimes textured with metal foil, string and other materials.
Cafodd Mancini ei hyfforddi yn Napoli, gan ymweld â Pharis ym 1875-76 a 1877-78. Ym 1883 ymsefydlodd yn Rhufain. Gyda chymorth Sargent, gwnaeth gryn enw iddo'i hun ym Mhrydain. Roedd dylanwad hen feistri'r ail ganrif ar bymtheg ar ei beintiadau o ffigyrau. Yn eu plith mae effeithiau golau disglair ac maent yn cynnwys impasto trwchus, gyda ffoil metal, cortyn a defnyddiau eraill yn cyfoethogi'r gwead o bryd i'w gilydd.)
Mancini trained in Naples and visited Paris in 1875-76 and 1877-78. In 1883 he settled in Rome. With Sargent's help he achieved a considerable reputation in Britain. His figure paintings were influenced by seventeenth-century Old Masters. They include glittering light effects and incorporate thick impasto, sometimes textured with metal foil, string and other materials. This genre piece depicts an old man with a pipe at a table, on which are an ape, a parrot and other animals. It was purchased by Margaret Davies in 1914.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 1950
Creation/Production
MANCINI, Antonio
Acquisition
Bequest, 12/12/1963
Measurements
Height
(cm): 60.2
Width
(cm): 100.2
Height
(in): 23
Width
(in): 39
Techniques
Oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
Art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
Oil
Canvas
Location
In store
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