Featured This one is fun...A Signed Colored Lithograph...by a Serial Forger?!?

I would love to understand this one better. What I appear to have here is a beautiful hand colored lithograph depicting "The Village Procession" by Aurelio Tiratelli (1842-1900)

But upon closer inspection you will see where the signature should read:

Tiratelli A
Roma

it actually reads:

Giratelli C
Roma

and then as you familiarize yourself with the images you will notice the that the engraver must have felt that Tiratelli created too much open space on the right half of his original and so said engraver took it upon himself to fix that issue by adding a barking dog, a tree, what appears to be a concrete post, some grass and finally some flowers.

So...is this a case of a 19 century typo on an early sketch where Aurelio felt the fore ground needed more business?

Not so fast. According to an article in the January 1st, 1876 edition of The Architect a journal of Art, Engineering, and Building :

“Horses Thrashing Corn in the Campagna” by Giratelli was also admired."

The only problem with that is there is no Italian artist of note named Giratelli and “Horses Thrashing Corn in the Campagna” is a mix-mash of two of George Hemming's works: "Ploughing in the Campagna" (1857) and "Threshing Corn" (185?)

I have found one more Giratelli painting at:
http://www.reurnthai.com/index.php?topic=5274.15
but my Thai is not adequate to ask questions about the piece.

I would love any help/insight/feedback you might be able to give me about the next step in my investigation (as I am currently stumped)


Cheers!

Jason G

 

most probably Cesare Tiratelli with an old form of T.

 

Can you find other examples of Tiratelli's signature for comparison?

 

Thanks Fid. I couldn't see the forest for the trees on that one.

Just checked out the son's work and signature ~ definitely the same people and similar characters making an appearance in both pieces. (see pics)

So, follow up question/hypothesis:

Cesare, working under his father's tutelage, creates a lithograph of The Village Procession. Are the added elements (tree, dog etc) his own or are they from an earlier version his father drew on the path toward the final painting?

I understand that w/o access to Aurelio's workshop we're just spit-ballin' but I'd appreciate the outside perspectives all the same.

 

http://www.plentyofpaintings.com/Cesare-Tiratelli/Colpo-Di-Vento-oil-painting.html

 

you could try and ask here:
http://es.castellodeicontidiceccano...astel-sindici/aurelio-e-cesare-tiratelli.aspx

 

And click on Full Image and your pictures will appear in the post and not as tiny links which can be frustrating.

 

@Fid - thanks again

According to the Castello Dei Conti De Ceccano web site they list the piece as

''Giorno di mercato vicino Roma'', via Gaeta e sullo sfondo chiesa Madonna delle Grazie, Ceccano (di C.Tiratelli - Christie's Images)

a web search produced no Christie's image or further information about the original but it's a lead (I think : )

Art.com has it listed as "Market Day" by Cesare Tiratelli but that produced no new information (except other poster shops)

As I learn more I'll update the thread

 

the church Madonna delle Grazie still exists in Ceccano. the village lies on the old inland road from Rome to Gaeta, a nice and important city and former stronghold on the way to Naples.