early life and training salvatore corvaya was an italian artist born in licata, italy in 1872. he was a painter of genre and miniaturist, and participated in several exhibitions. his work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 66 usd to 1,500 usd. artistic style corvaya's art collection is part of the fondazione cariplo in italy, which includes 767 paintings, 116 sculptures, 51 objects and furnishings dating from the first century ad to the second half of the twentieth century. the collection includes examples of late antiquity stone sculpture, of mediae…