After Jean Léon GEROME , after the drawing by J. PELISSIER a - Lot 314

After Jean Léon GEROME , after the drawing by J. PELISSIER and the xylography by L. CHAPON Pollice Verso - Thumb down - 1872 Tapestry in cotton, wool and silk. Design by Emilio BESTETTI for Manufacture Angioletti in Milan, 1898 280x400 cm Related work: Jean-Léon Gérôme - Pollice Verso, 1872 - Collection of Phoenix Art Museum Bibliography: Storia di un arazzo Pollice Verso - Fausta Squatriti - Nardini Editore - 2015 Note: Another example is kept at the Musée Jean Léon GEROME in Vesoul. This tapestry is considered the masterpiece of the Manifattura Tessile Angelo Angioletti, which presented it at the Turin International Fair in 1898. The manufactory wove only 3 examples.