Vittorio Matteo Corcos

Many of his genre works depict winsome and finely dressed young men and women, in moments of repose and recreation.

[2] He then traveled to Paris where he met Léon Bonnat, and signed a contract with the Goupil & Cie, he was able to supplement his income as a portrait painter with illustrations for magazines.

He also published a short story in the magazine Fanfulla della Domenica titled Mademoiselle Leprince.

In 1904, he traveled to Potsdam to paint Emperor William II and other members of the German monarchy.

[4] He also painted portraits of Mussolini (1928), Countess Annina Morosini, Countess Nerina Volpi di Misurata, Giosuè Carducci, Giacomo Puccini, Pietro Mascagni, and Queen Amélie of Portugal, Princess of Orleans; In 1913, his self-portrait was accepted by the Uffizi museum.