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Eugenio Zampighi [ 1859-1944]- The Tame Pidgeon; a family with birds and pets in an interior:- signed E.Zampighi bottom right oil on canvas 24.5 x 34.5cm * Provenance. Frost & Reed E.Stacy-Marks Private collection West Country * Biography. Eugene Zampighi , an Italian painter and photographer of genre subjects, born in Modena, where he studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts under Antonio Simonazzi. Influenced by Giovanni Muzzioli. After winning the Poletti Prize in 1880 he continued his studies in Rome and latterly Florence where he settled in 1884. From this time Zampighi painted a series of genre subjects, scenes of happy rural and domestic life amongst the poorer classes. These works were very successful on the art market and brought him international commissions. His photography work was for the most part geared to his painting and took place mainly in the studio with the aid of models in peasant costume. Zampighi would use these images to produce a joyous and idyllic image of Italian rural life which was very popular with foreign tourists. .