"Ciociara" by Gaetano Esposito. oil painting on canvas from the second half of the 19th century. Signed lower right in brown. Measurements: 52 x 30 cm h. Gaetano Esposito (1858 - 1911) He was born in Salerno on 17 nov. 1858 in a family of fishermen. He escaped from the seafaring life after having escaped a shipwreck, he had the first drawing lessons from the Salerno painter Gaetano D'Agostino. The young man's artistic talent was later noticed by Domenico Morelli, who in 1872 made him admit, as a pensioner in the province of Salerno, to the royal institute of fine arts in Naples. In addition to the academic courses, E. he attended Stanislao Lista's night school, but in general his students