Lot 301
Anthony Meucci (Italian/American, active New Orleans, 1818-1827), "Marquis de Lafayette", gouache on paper affixed to wood panel, signed "A. Meucci, pinxit and 1825" lower right, titled "Lafayette in 1781" lower center, 16.75in. x 14.25in. E4000-6000 Note: Known as a portrait, miniature and figure painter, Meucci and his wife Nina, also an artist, came to New Orleans from Rome in 1818. They also worked in Charleston (where they opened an art school), New York City and Salem, MA. They are last documented in New Orleans in 1827 when Meucci painted scenery for the New Orleans Theatre. His work is represented at the Historic New Orleans Collection, the Louisiana State Museum, the Essex Institute, the New York Historical Society and the Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture.
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