Bidspirit auction | IPPOLITO CAFFI (Belluno, 1809 -

IPPOLITO CAFFI (Belluno, 1809 - Vis, 1866) View of Nice from Villafranca Oil on canvas, cm. 24,5x34. Framed. The work is signed and dated at lower left: ”CAFFI / NIZZA 21.12.51”. On the back, on the frame, it bears a label: “NIZZA. PANORAMA VEDUTO DA VILLA FRANCA / CAFFI 21 DICEMBRE 1851”. Due to its historical and artistic importance, the work it was notified by the Italian State. PROVENANCE: Londra, Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox; Sale Christie's, Milano, 28 November 2007. LITERATURE: F. Peretti, Ippolito Caffi, De Luca, Rome 2016, p. 216, n. 308 (with partially erroneous sizes).