Ettore Simonetti

In 1869, he attended a course on geometry at the Accademia di San Luca, and was awarded a prize for perspective.

He was part of a group of watercolorists that included Enrico Tarenghi, Giuseppe Aureli, and Giulio Rosati.

Much if his work was heavily influenced by his older brother, Attilio who, in 1875, was one of the cofounders of the Associazione degli Acquarellisti romani [it].

A follower of the Spanish artist, Mariano Fortuny and an organizer of festivals, Attilio had a large collection of carpets, dresses, damask fabrics, silks, slippers, brass, ceramic and copper objects, all original and from the Near East.

[1] He also had a passion for the Eighteenth Century, with counts, musketeers, cardinals and ladies in period costumes.