{"product_id":"fausto-zonaro-sul-bosforo","title":"FAUSTO ZONARO - ON THE BOSPHORUS","description":"The first of six children of the bricklayer Maurizio Zonaro and Elisabetta Bertoncin, he showed good drawing skills from an early age and was therefore sent by his parents to study at the Technical Institute of the city of \u003ca title=\"Lendinara\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lendinara\"\u003eLendinara\u003c\/a\u003e and then in \u003ca title=\"Verona\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Verona\"\u003eVerona\u003c\/a\u003e , at the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Cignaroli Academy\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Accademia_Cignaroli\"\u003eCignaroli Academy\u003c\/a\u003e directed by \u003ca title=\"Napoleon Nani\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoleone_Nani\"\u003eNapoleone Nani\u003c\/a\u003e .\n\r \nHe then opened a small painting school in \u003ca title=\"Venice\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venezia\"\u003eVenice\u003c\/a\u003e , but his work often took him to \u003ca title=\"Naples\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Napoli\"\u003eNaples\u003c\/a\u003e as well. Among the most important works of this period, a cycle of around thirty pastels with views of Naples and its surroundings, created for the villa of Duke \u003ca title=\"Paul Camerini\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paolo_Camerini\"\u003ePaolo Camerini\u003c\/a\u003e , now \u003ca class=\"new\" title=\"Villa Simes-Contarini (the page does not exist)\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Villa_Simes-Contarini\u0026amp;action=edit\u0026amp;redlink=1\"\u003eVilla Simes-Contarini\u003c\/a\u003e , in \u003ca title=\"Pitch on the Brenta\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piazzola_sul_Brenta\"\u003ePiazzola sul Brenta\u003c\/a\u003e , is particularly noteworthy.\n\r \nThe turning point in Fausto Zonaro's career, however, came in \u003ca title=\"1891\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1891\"\u003e1891\u003c\/a\u003e when, together with Elisabetta Pante, his former student in Venice who had now become his partner, he decided to venture to the East, to the then \u003ca title=\"Constantinople\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Costantinopoli\"\u003eConstantinople\u003c\/a\u003e .\r \nHere, he gradually managed to make himself known in aristocratic circles, obtaining increasingly important commissions until, in \u003ca title=\"1896\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1896\"\u003e1896\u003c\/a\u003e , he was appointed \"court painter\" thanks to the good offices of the Russian ambassador, for whom he had created some paintings and who presented the work \u003ci\u003eThe Imperial Regiment of Ertugrul on the Galata Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e to Sultan \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Abdul-Hamid II\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Abdul-Hamid_II\"\u003eAbdul-Hamid II\u003c\/a\u003e , who immediately purchased it. The sultan commissioned Zonaro a series of other works, in particular a series of paintings on the epic of \u003ca title=\"Mehmet II\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maometto_II\"\u003eMehmet II\u003c\/a\u003e .\n\r \nFausto Zonaro, the last painter of the imperial court of Constantinople, remained in the Golden City until \u003ca title=\"1909\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1909\"\u003e1909\u003c\/a\u003e , the year he returned to Italy following the coup d'état that deposed Sultan Abdul-Hamid. He then settled in \u003ca title=\"Sanremo\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sanremo\"\u003eSanremo\u003c\/a\u003e and continued to paint small views of the\u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Ligurian Riviera\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Riviera_Ligure\"\u003eLigurian Riviera\u003c\/a\u003e and the nearby \u003ca title=\"French Riviera\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Costa_Azzurra\"\u003eFrench Riviera\u003c\/a\u003e . In Sanremo, Zonaro was welcomed with great enthusiasm. A clientele, including those from the East, continued to commission him portraits and oriental subjects, drawing from the countless drawings he brought home. He continued to paint until his death in 1929. He is buried in the Foce cemetery in Sanremo.\n\r \nMany of Fausto Zonaro's works are still preserved in the most important museums of \u003ca title=\"Istanbul\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Istanbul\"\u003eIstanbul\u003c\/a\u003e , including the \u003ca class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Topkapi\" href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Topkapi\"\u003eTopkapi\u003c\/a\u003e , the Imperial Palace of Dolmabahçe and the Military Museum.","brand":"DOTRO CRISTIANA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56218285048194,"sku":"CDOTR001","price":9000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/7065\/3058\/files\/DOTRO-FRONTE-3.jpg?v=1768472488","url":"https:\/\/cjfh11-ee.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/fausto-zonaro-sul-bosforo","provider":"Venderequadri","version":"1.0","type":"link"}