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This is an original oil painting on board by well-listed artist Virgilio Guidi (Italian, 1891-1994). The painting depicts a view of Venice, Italy with a gondola in the foreground. Signed lower left. Framed. He was born in Rome into an artistic family. His father was a sculptor. Guidi received his early training at the Scuola Libera di Pittura in Rome and in 1908 began working as a restorer and decorator. He continued his studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome, where he was influenced by Armando Spadini. He had few opportunities to view contemporary French art, and instead immersed himself in the study of artists of the Italian Renaissance such as Giotto, Piero della Francesca, and Correggio, and later masters such as Caravaggio. In 1913 he studied the work of Cezanne. In 1915 he participated in the third exhibition of the Rome Secession. The frame is 12 3/4 x 10" and the sight is 10 3/4 x 8"