Ettore Forti
# Ettore Forti

Ettore or Eduardo Ettore Forti was an Italian painter, who was prolific in depicting realistic Neo-Pompeian scenes of Ancient Roman life and events. These subjects were popular in the late-Victorian period, as exemplified by the popularity of Lawrence Alma-Tadema.

There is little definitive information available about Forti's biography. His paintings are signed with his name and Rome. Different sources can not cite a place of birth or birth date, and do not agree about a birth date. Nothing is known of his training. Many sources claim he was active a few decades before and after 1900. He exhibited in Berlin between 1893 and 1897. He exhibited at the Mostra della Romana Società degli Amatori e Cultori in 1905.

One favorite topic is a salesman displaying artwork, jewelry, or rugs to well-dressed female patrician women, often in elegant settings.

* Evening at the temple
* Feast of Centaurs
* Rug Merchant in Ancient Rome
* Chariots racing in the Circus Maximus
* Pompeii Street Scene
* The Bath (?)
* The Carpet Seller (1)
* The Carpet Seller (2)
* The Carpet seller (3)
* The Carpet seller (4)
* The Carpet Seller (5)
* Chariot Racing
* Racing Chariots Entering The Circus Maximus
* Road to Pompeii
* Steps(?)
* The Harpist(?)
* In A Jewelry Store
* Detail from a Pompeii Love Song
* In A Jewelry Store
* Pompeii Street
* Art Seller
* Fruit Vendor
* Hadrian returns from Tivoli
* In the Roman Palace
* Inside A Roman Villa
* Pompeii Love Song
* The Bedchamber(?)
* The Embarkment of a Roman Queen
* The Art Seller
* Burdens(?)
* Festival
* Greeting The Victor
* Rug Merchants
* The Musicians
* Victory
* Arrival of Caesar
* At the Antiquarian's
* The Vendor of Antiquities
* Quadriga on the Road to Pompeii(?)
* The Carpet Seller (6)
* Roman Street Scene
* Interior of a Roman Building with Figures
