Giovanni Battista Costa (1859-1938)
Blossom on the Lake
Oil on panel; signed
21 ½ x 18 inches
£4,800
Giovanni Battista Costa was born in Rapallo and studied in Genoa, on the coast below the Apennines. He exhibited views of the Ligurian Riviera and hilly regions of Genoa and Turin from 1879. Ours is a later work, with Japanese influence.