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Morgane Gillieron commissaire-priseur

40 - Cesare PERUZZI (1894–1995) Portrait of a young girl wearing …
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Estimate €80 - €120
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Cesare PERUZZI (1894–1995) Portrait of a young girl wearing a hat against a landscape background Oil on panel Signed ‘Peruzzi’ in the lower left-hand corner 22 x 16 cm Framed DESCRIPTION He devoted himself to drawing from a very young age and studied the craft in Macerata, where he met the very young Ivo Pannaggi, who encouraged him to take up painting. In the years that followed, he moved to Rome to enrol at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts. In 1915, he was invited to the third international exhibition of the Secession held in Rome, where he exhibited alongside Edgar Degas, Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Virgilio Guidi and Felice Casorati. He temporarily interrupted his studies during the First World War to fight on the Albanian front. His war drawings date from this period and are now of considerable interest for their documentary value. After completing his studies, he attended the Académie de France in Rome, where he honed his skills in depicting the nude. From 1923 onwards, he devoted himself mainly to watercolour, producing intimate and delicate works; he took part in numerous exhibitions, notably the first and second International Watercolour Exhibitions in Milan in 1923 and 1925, the Maritime Exhibition at the Barcelona International Exhibition in 1929, and the Exhibition of Italian Artists at the Krefeld Museum, where he exhibited his *Contadini in riposo* (Peasants at Rest). In 1932, the Universal Congregation commissioned Cesare Peruzzi to paint the cycle of Seven Episodes from the Life of Saint Francis Xavier, which he created in the Chapel of the Indian Catholics within the Basilica of the Holy House; and in 1933, again in the basilica, he painted scenes from the life of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus. Another commission was for the altarpiece at the Abbey of Santa Maria in Potenza in Porto Recanati, depicting the Virgin Mary, Saint Bernard, founder of the Cistercians, and Saint Anthony the Abbot, patron saint of these regions. THIS LOT WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE DROUOT WAREHOUSE AFTER THE SALE; IT WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR RETURN FOR RE-EXAMINATION. Please refer to the auction house’s terms and conditions regarding the collection of lots before bidding.
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About the sale EXCELLENCE AUCTION: PAINTINGS, WORKS OF ART, 20TH-CENTURY DESIGN, FASHION & JEWELLERY
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Auction time 06/26/2026 at 1:30 PM
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