Ettore Forti

Ettore or Eduardo Ettore Forti was an Italian painter, who was prolific in depicting realistic Neo-Pompeian scenes of Ancient Roman life and events. These subjects were popular in the late-Victorian period, as exemplified by the popularity of Lawrence Alma-Tadema.[1]

There is little definitive information available about Forti's biography. His paintings are signed with his name and Rome. Different sources can not cite a place of birth or birth date, and do not agree about a birth date. Nothing is known of his training. Many sources claim he was active a few decades before and after 1900. He exhibited in Berlin between 1893 and 1897. He exhibited at the Mostra della Romana Società degli Amatori e Cultori in 1905.[2]

One favorite topic is an salesman displaying artwork, jewelry, or rugs to well-dressed female patrician women, often in elegant settings.

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  Evening at the temple
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  Feast of Centaurs
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  Rug Merchant in Ancient Rome
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  Chariots racing in the Circus Maximus
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  Pompeii Street Scene
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  The Bath (?)
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  The Carpet Seller (1)
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  The Carpet Seller (2)
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  The Carpet seller (3)
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  The Carpet seller (4)
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  The Carpet Seller (5)
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  Chariot Racing
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  Racing Chariots Entering The Circus Maximus
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  Road to Pompeii
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  Steps(?)
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  The Harpist(?)
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  In A Jewelry Store
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  Detail from a Pompeii Love Song
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  In A Jewelry Store
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  Pompeii Street
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  Art Seller
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  Fruit Vendor
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  Hadrian returns from Tivoli
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  In the Roman Palace
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  Inside A Roman Villa
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  Pompeii Love Song
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  The Bedchamber(?)
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  The Embarkment of a Roman Queen
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  The Art Seller
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  Burdens(?)
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  Festival
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  Greeting The Victor
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  Rug Merchants
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  The Musicians
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  Victory
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  Arrival of Caesar
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  At the Antiquarian's
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  The Vendor of Antiquities
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  Quadriga on the Road to Pompeii(?)
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  The Carpet Seller (6)
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  Roman Street Scene
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  Interior of a Roman Building with Figures

References

1. Getty Museum, Interior of Roman Building with Figures.
2. Istituto Matteucci, short biography.