Name of Object:

The Ghetto of Florence

Name in original language:

Il Ghetto di Firenze

Location:

Rome, Italy

Holding Institution:

National Gallery of Modern Art (GNAM)

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Holding Institution (original language):

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GNAM)

Date of Object:

1882

Author:

Telemaco Signorini (1835, Florence-1901, Florence)

Inventory Number:

inv. 1018

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

96x56 cm

Provenance:

Italy

Description:

Telemaco Signorini was part of the group of artists known as The Macchiaioli Movement, a group drawn to colour and nature. After his studies at the Academy of Florence, he started painting from real life and spent some time in Paris, where he met Corot and the painters from the School of Barbizon. Back in Italy the artist went to Tuscany and Liguria. He also travelled frequently to France, England and Scotland, where he was well known. Signorini liked painting urban scenes and cityscapes. The artist developed urban themes with a unique emphasis, matching together vivid descriptions, social and humanitarian features and cultural issues.

Type of Object

Painting

Additional Copyright Information:

Copyright image: Soprintendenza alla Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea.

Citation of this web page:

Marina Minozzi "The Ghetto of Florence" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;it;159;en

Prepared by: Marina Minozzi
Copyedited by: Anne Dowell

MWNF Working Number: IT2 017