Attilio Simonetti

Attilio Simonetti (April 13, 1843 – January 14, 1925) was an Italian painter and Antiquarian.

He was born and resided in mainly in Rome. Son of Francesco, a Roman jeweler and mosaicist, part of a family of mosaicists. A 16-year-old Attilio was apprenticed with the Spanish painter Mariano Fortuny at the urging of the painter Nicola Ortis of Perugia. In 1868, Simoneti submitted two paintings to an exhibition at the Brera of Milan: Interior of Kitchen at Trastevere and Gate at via dei Carbonari. At the 1877 Neapolitan Esposizione Nazionale di Belle Arti he displayed a copy of the paintings "L'araldo" and "Il tamburino". In Naples, he made friends and was encouraged by Filippo Palizzi. In 1875, he was one of the founders of the Association of Acquarellisti Romani (Roman Watercolor Painters).

Among his works: After the Dance; exhibited in 1877 in Naples: Un araldo; Un tamburo; Ogni speranza è morta; Via Giuseppe Mancinelli in Palazzuolo Castracelo. He also exhibited at the 1883 Mostra of Fine Arts in Rome, some paintings and watercolors: A governor; Gioia materna; and La filatrice. He painted the period costume drama of L'Ubriaco (1877).

Simonetti had a good relationship with Adolphe Goupil of the Goupil Gallery of Paris, famed for the patronage of impressionism.[4][5] He died in Rome. The Simonetti family continued the antiquarian business.

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