AN ITALIAN CARTOON FOR A TAPESTRY

AN ITALIAN CARTOON FOR A TAPESTRY

BY ERULO EROLI (ITALIAN 1854-1916), LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY

depicting the Madonna & Child, The Madonna with a fine medieval style dress of ‘gold embroidery’, flanked by upper spandrels of lion masks surrounded by foliate, enclosed by narrow borders, with the words ‘ Ave Maria’ beneath and signed 'Erylo Erolo'

172 x 85cm

Catalogue Note

Erulo Eroli (1854–1916) was an Italian painter, tapestry designer and ceramicist whose career was closely connected with the artistic life of late-19th- and early-20th-century Rome. Born in Rome on 31 August 1854, he was the son of the sculptor Pio Eroli and studied at the School of San Michele a Ripa under Alessandro Ceccarini, where he developed skills in painting, mosaic, ceramics, stained glass and tapestry.