Lot 23242: GIUSEPPE GHERARDI (Italian Circa 1788-1884)

GIUSEPPE GHERARDI (Italian Circa 1788-1884) Italian Landscape with Beggars , 1831 Oil on canvas 19-3/4 x 30-3/4 inches (50.2 x 78.1 cm) Signed lower center on rock: G Gherardi 1831 Inscribed verso: Veduta dell Ponte di Tooi a Valleonborsa G. Gharardi Fece 1851 No 11 (n.b. The original inscription was strengthened, which accounts for the misspellings.) Provenance: Richard Kappus, 4 Herbert, White Plains, New York, 10606 Gherardi was active in Florence around 1850. His painting The Terni Waterfall is preserved in the museum in Weimar.