Graziella, from "Illustrated London News" Christmas Number

Charles Edward Perugini

December 6, 1886 · Wood engraving · Drawings and Prints

This wood engraving after a painting by Perugini shows a beautiful woman in Renaissance dress standing before a column and wall decorated with Cosmatesque mosaics. Born in Naples, Perugini moved to England as a youth, then returned to Rome to train as an artist, moving on to Paris to study with Ary Scheffer. Frederic Leighton recognized his talent and encouraged him to return to London in 1863 where he pursued a successful career painting figures in historical settings, and married Kate, the daughter of Charles Dickens, in 1874. The print was republished in the French weekly newspaper "L'Illustration" on January 1, 1887.

Artist

Charles Edward Perugini

Date

December 6, 1886

Medium

Wood engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Donato Esposito, 2013