# Lorenzo Delleani artist context and auction value notes

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## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1840-01-17
- Death date: 1908-11-14
- Nationality: Italian
- Movements: Italian landscape and genre painting, 19th century
- Common media: oil painting, graphic arts

## About Lorenzo Delleani

Lorenzo Delleani (1840–1908) was an Italian painter and graphic artist born in Pollone, near Biella, who trained at the Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti in Turin beginning in 1855. He is recognized primarily for landscape paintings and genre scenes that depict the Piedmont countryside and everyday rural life. Over a career spanning more than four decades, Delleani developed a naturalistic style grounded in direct observation, and his travels in the Netherlands in 1883—where he worked in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, and Scheveningen—broadened his subject matter to include Dutch coastal and city views. He died in Turin in 1908. Today his works are held in Italian public collections and appear regularly in European Old Master and 19th-century painting sales.

## Common works and media

Delleani's output consists mainly of oil paintings—landscapes of the Italian countryside, Dutch coastal scenes, and genre compositions depicting rural life. He also produced graphic works and occasional portraits. Collectors may find smaller cabinet-sized landscapes, larger salon-format panoramic views, and works on paper. Subjects range from pastoral fields and riverside views to village interiors and market scenes.

## Market and appraisal context

Collectors most often encounter Delleani's work in the form of oil-on-canvas or oil-on-panel landscapes, typically Piedmont pastoral scenes or Dutch subjects from his 1883 travels. Value depends on size, condition, subject appeal, and provenance. Works with clear exhibition history or gallery labels from Turin tend to command stronger results at auction. Because no comprehensive catalogue raisonné is widely cited, attribution should be verified against RKD image records and major auction-house provenance documentation.

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## Sources

- RKD — Netherlands Institute for Art History: https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/21767
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500002826
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/10740270/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1155252
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Delleani