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A stunning, highly detailed, bizarre, and erotic work by the brilliant illustrator Fortunio Matanio. This historically accurate and technically remarkable drawing depicts a climactic scene from Machiavelli’s The Prince. Text on verso reads “Gio Matteo Curing the daughter of Amedia.” The scene depicts an erotic yet twisted exorcism, which is both incredibly intricate and almost photo-realistic in composition. This most likely was created to accompany an excerpt from Machiavelli’s Renaissance masterpiece printed in Britannia & Eve Magazine.

Gio Matteo Curing the Daughter of Amedia

Artist: Fortunio Matania
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1910s, 1920s, Britannia & Eve, devil, Fortunino Matania, italian, Machiavelli
Added to Gallery: July 8, 2017

This luminous, expressive oil on masonite was created as an interior story illustration by beloved american artist Tom Lovell, which has verso notations which lead us to believe this was published in the May, 1947 edition of American Magazine, a title the artist frequently worked for. A young snappily attired couple are shown surrendering to the […]

Gondola In Venice

Artist: Tom Lovell
Price:  Sold

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: american, American Magazine, glamour, Golden Age, gondola, italian, New Rochelle, Norman Rockwell, original illustration art, original interior illustration, Tom Lovell
Added to Gallery: July 17, 2016

A noir and exquisitely detailed rendering for an interior magazine story titled on verso French Murder. By the gifed Fortunio Matania, who was known for his photo like realism and finely detailed intricate renderings and the use of period props and embellishments to create an air of authenticity to his historically based works.

French Murder

Artist: Fortunino Matania
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1920s, Fortunino Matania, italian, noir, original interior illustration
Added to Gallery: January 26, 2012

 

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    Grapefruit Moon Gallery, based in Minneapolis MN, specializes in vintage pin up and original illustration art.  We are the proud home of the Bunny Yeager archives.

    Since 2003, Grapefruit Moon Gallery has been a leading dealer of exclusive original paintings by Gil Elvgren, Alberto Vargas, Earl Moran, Rolf Armstrong and Henry Clive, as well as vintage photographs, prints, and period decorative arts in ceramic and metal.

    All artworks featured are original, accurately represented, and guaranteed to be the work of the named artist.

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