From the Parisian collection of Angelo Sommaruga, two paintings signed “Belli” were considered realized by
the Italian artist Enrico Belli. The author identified him in Benet Belli, a Spanish painter who was confused
in his life with the most known Enrico, who worked in England as a copyist for her Majesty the Queen Victoria.
From this point the author traces the works and life of Benet Belli – who travelled from Barcelona to Paris in
1878 – and also of Enrico who left England for India in the same years. Nowadays many paintings by Benet
– especially in the French and Italian market of art – are confused and attributed to Enrico; now we know the
difference between them.
