Cesare Agostino (Cesare Agostino Detti) is an Italian artist, best known for his historical genre scenes from the time of the XVII – XVIII centuries.

Born on November 28, 1848 in Spleto, died on May 19, 1914 in Paris.

Some facts from the biography:

Detti studied the visual arts at the San Luka Academy.

After graduation, he began to travel a lot, spent several years in Naples and put up exhibitions there in 1872.
In 1876 he visited Paris and decided to stay there. In Paris, he held his first exhibition in the cabin in 1877.
In 1883, the artist and his family moved to the commune of Burron-Marlott, not far from Paris. There he was connected with the society of independent landscape artists, known as Group de Marlotte.

In 1888 he participated in an Italian exhibition in London.
In 1889 he took part in the World Exhibition, where he was the vice president of the “Italian Committee”, and in the 1900 World Exhibition, where he was awarded a silver medal.

At the beginning of the 20th century, he made a trip through the entire territory of the United States, then traveled to Italy and Spain.
The painter is considered one of the founders of Rococo, he is also considered a successor to the style of troubadours.

Some work of Detti: “Meeting in the courtyard” (1892), “The Wedding of the Prince” (1895), “Derev in winter”, “Musicians” (1872) and others.