GUIDO AGOSTINI Italian, active 1865–1898 Misty River Landscape with Ruined Castle and Cattle at Dusk, 1880 Mixed media on board Romantic oval landscape painting depicting a stream scene in an autumnal setting. Signed and dated lower right. The composition shows a rocky streambed in the foreground, with what appear to be cattle or livestock watering at the water's edge, framed by trees in russet and gold autumn foliage. In the misty middle distance, two small figures stand on a rocky outcrop, while the background reveals a hazy hillside crowned by the ruins of a castle or tower emerging through the fog. The painting is presented in an elaborate gilt oval frame with fine foliate and beaded moulding. 8.5 x 7 inches; frame: 16 x 14 inches $200-300
