Graziella, from "Illustrated London News" Christmas Number

After Charles Edward Perugini British, born Italy

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This wood engraving after a painting by Perugini shows a beautiful woman in Renaissance dress standing before a column and wall decorated with Cosmatesque mosaics. Born in Naples, Perugini moved to England as a youth, then returned to Rome to train as an artist, moving on to Paris to study with Ary Scheffer. Frederic Leighton recognized his talent and encouraged him to return to London in 1863 where he pursued a successful career painting figures in historical settings, and married Kate, the daughter of Charles Dickens, in 1874. The print was republished in the French weekly newspaper "L'Illustration" on January 1, 1887.

Graziella, from "Illustrated London News" Christmas Number, After Charles Edward Perugini (British (born Italy), Naples 1839–1918 London), Wood engraving

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