Tag: Tito Lessi
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01 Painting, The amorous game, Tito Lessi’s THE SACRED AND THE PROFANE. Part 62 – With Footnotes
Tito Lessi (1858 – 1917) was born in Florence, then became a resident of Paris. He studied at the Florentine Academy of Fine Arts under Enrico Pollastrini and Antonio Ciseri. Lessi painted a watercolor titled: L’ anticamera del Papa. Charles Sedelmeyer invited him to Paris, where he painted small canvases: The Testament; Le lever du Dauphine;…