Fascinating painting

 Italian WIKI:  https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano_Esposito Article:  https://news-art.it/news/gaetano-esposito--1858---1911---l-arte-e-la-tragica-fine-di.htm Painting in a theatre:  https://www.santamariacapuavetere.it/teatro_garibaldi.html   Found on the website of a gallery:  http://www.enricogallerie.com/it/artist/pittore_esposito_gaetano_277 Finally I thought of searching Youtube - scanning the options I found three videos relevant to the painter Gaetano Esposito: https://youtu.be/MLshaPuu2PM https://youtu.be/JLq8-4y2xtI https://youtu.be/67P63xR0nMM

Proff title 😎 - however I am a novice in the field of ancient paintings. - Nevertheless I am able to see and feel: First visual impression was the great colours - a closer look revealed a small damage to the canvas in the upper left quadrant, not much and in an area of the painting that is not in focus. Secondly the weight of the object was surprising - guess it is in between 5 to 10 kilos - and not to forget a considerable size - all still to be measured more accurately. Backside of the frame shows it is all wooden - and an old label is there at the bottom of the frame - also awaiting a closer look. Obviously one is keen on who is the painter - in this case the last name is pretty obvious - and nowadays the next natural step is to perform a search on the internet - thank you Google - going through the search results - you need to eliminate the obvious "misfits" - the artist is obviously not an alive and kicking soccerplayer - and thus I ended up with the painter name of Gae...

  The headline indicates something related to Italy - and in this case it is in the field of art - nice old painting that I stumbled across in my constant search for fine old stuff. This important story... well I just noticed this painting on the wall in one of my favorite shops - and looked at it and was fascinated with the colouring and thought wauw that is a nice one - a bit oversized, so I just decided not to take a closer look. - At least the first time around. However at my latest visit I sort of had a revelation - my eye caught the painting in question and I asked for a closer look - really old oilpainting - with a carved solid wooden frame adding several kilos to the weight of the object.  In a moment's weakness my enthusiasm took over and to make a long story short - I found myself outside the shop wondering how I was going to fit this giant object into the back of the car. But I was succesful in bringing it home - not to any special satisfaction of the household - bu...