Collection's title
Two children with grapes, 1870
Two children with grapes, 1870
Artist
Miniatis Georgios
(Argostoli 1820 - Livorno 1895)
CV
Miniatis Georgios
(Argostoli 1820 - Livorno 1895)
Miniatis was a painter who made his artistic and intellectual presence strongly felt, both in Greece and in Rome and Florence, where he lived from time to time after finishing his studies. In parallel with the depiction of historical scenes, he was particularly involved in genre painting, his subjects being drawn chiefly from literature.
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Oil on canvas
Dimensions
31X23
Source
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Description
The work Two Children with Grapes shows a scene in which children are the protagonists like those which abounded in Italian vernacular painting. The painting shows certain weaknesses, both in the drapery of the garments and in the figure of the girl, whose face and movements are more appropriate to a grown woman than to a child. Nevertheless, it is a typical example of the genre painting which developed in the Ionian Islands in the last quarter of the nineteenth century.