ANTONIO DE SIMONE (ITALIAN, 1851-C.1907). The Yacht Club de France's steam yacht 'Nirvana' in an offshore swell

ANTONIO DE SIMONE (ITALIAN, 1851-C.1907) The Yacht Club de France's steam yacht 'Nirvana' in an offshore swell Signed and dated 'De Simone 1906' (lower right) and inscribed 'Y.C.F. NIRVANA' (lower left) Gouache 17 x 24½in. (43 x 62cm.) Launched by Henderson's of Meadowside for the Countess de Bearn in 1904, this 890-ton yacht was sold to the Austro-Hungarian Navy in 1909. Surviving the War, she was used by Benito Mussolini between 1928 and 1938 as his private yacht, but was then conve

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H 43 × B 62 cm