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71. Federico Ballesio (Italian, 19th Century)

Italian Peasants Roasting Nuts.
Watercolor, signed lower right, inscribed "Roma", matted and framed.
21" X 14-1/2".

1,200/3,000     SOLD: $966.00

Best-known for his work in watercolor, Ballesio was a genre painter active in Rome. He specialized in Orientalist subjects.

Condition: Inpainting to repair to seated woman's face and arms, acidic matting.