Resting
c. 1887
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
60.9 × 100 cm (23 5/8 × 39 3/8 in.); Framed: 81.3 × 119.4 × 8.9 cm (32 × 47 × 3 1/2 in.)
Classification
painting
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
15705
Art Historical Context
**Resting** by Antonio Mancini (c. 1887) invites visitors into the intimate world of late 19th-century Italian. This oil on canvas painting, measuring 60.9 × 100 cm, a moment of quiet repose with Mancini's signature bold brushwork and vibrant palette. Housed in the Art Institute of Chicago's of Painting and Sculpture of, it exemplifies the artist's mastery of texture through thick impasto layers, which lend a tactile depth to the canvas. Mancini, a Neapolitan painter active from the 1870s to early 20th century, bridged Realism and emerging Impressionist influences. Working in Rome and Paris, ...