Oil painting on canvas of 99.5 x 75 cm depicting "Presumed portrait of the wife of Engineer Albino Parea", signed Racchetti in the lower left corner. It is (Pietro Racchetti 1809-1853). The ticket reads "M Sig. or Ingegnere Albino Parea Milano". With a golden frame, contemporary to the painting. SOLD
Pietro Racchetti (Crema 1809/07-11-1853), a historical painter and portraitist, also painted genre scenes. A student of G. Diotti and V. Camuccini, he left his works in Crema at Santa Trinità, the Monte di Pietà, and the Civic Library. Other works are found in the Parish Church of Azzano. (Encyclopedic Dictionary of Italian Painters and Engravers, Volume IX, Giorgio Mondadori.
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