oval oil painting on canvas depicting male character. Attributed Angelo D'Agata (Catania 1842 / post 1913). Cm ...

oval oil painting on canvas depicting male character. Attributed Angelo D'Agata (Catania 1842 / post 1913). Cm 67x47. Measures with frame cm 75x56. Falls color. The painting, from ancient Sicilian family, is orally attributed to the painter Angelo D'Agata Catania (Catania 1842 post-1913).
Few biographical information you have on this painter, who participated in the Exposition Sicilian farm, located in Plaza de Armas, today Piazza Giovanni Verga, inaugurated in Catania on 14 April 1907.
The artist, active until 1913, he painted religious subjects and portraits, and distinguished himself in pastels.
The work depicts a male character, dressed in rich and elegant clothes of the time. The vigorous coloristic contrasts and chiaroscuro face bring to mind the style of painting of the Neapolitan school.