Artist

Eugenio Maccagnani

Lia
Adam and Eve
Dolce far Niente
Untitled

Eugenio Maccagnani is an artist. 4 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Eugenio Maccagnani couldn’t sit still. He started as a painter, then hopped to sculpture, and ended up behind a camera—just to keep things interesting. While most photographers of the 1880s were chasing sharp focus, he trained his lens on soft, dreamy scenes, like *Dolce far Niente*, a woman stretched across a chaise in pure laziness. Why he belongs here: tap into *Adam and Eve*—a photograph so quiet it feels like the garden after the fall.

Works by Eugenio Maccagnani

Collections represented

Victoria and Albert Museum

Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.

Catalog records compiled from museum open-access collections; the artworks shown are in the public domain. Spotted an error in this record? Tell us.