73 works have reached America for the exhibition by Giuseppe De Nittis, an Italian impressionist with a European spirit, inaugurated on November 12 and which, for the first time, presents the artist in the USA, at the Phillips Collection in Washington DC. 60 paintings, of which 32 loaned from the Pinacoteca De Nittis in Barletta, in Puglia, the painter's hometown, whose works will be for the first time beyond Europe, alongside those of Manet, Degas and Caillebotte, with whom De Nittis had close relations. “An Italian Impressionist in Paris”, this is the title of the exhibition born from an idea of Renato Miracco, historian and art critic, curator of the Pinacoteca De Nittis and of the artist's first catalog in English, in collaboration with Susan Behrends of the Phillips Collection, retraces the periods spent in London and Paris, cities that inspired De Nittis, representative of European modernism of the nineteenth century and among the most original innovators of his time. "The result of four years of work for the set-up," said Miracco, "which saw together private and public institutions." Mariangela Zappa, Ambassador of Italy to the United States, underlines the importance of the exhibition: "I find it significant that the first museum of modern art in the United States has decided to host an exhibition on Giuseppe De Nittis, in the framework of the collaboration between Italy and the United States", highlighting "the incessant work of both countries to strengthen our bond through art and culture". Among the works of the painter from Barletta, there are masterpieces such as "The living room of Princess Matilde", "Breakfast in the garden" and landscapes of French and Apulian countryside, as well as views of Vesuvius and the Gulf of Naples. The collection, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and with the support of the Embassy of Italy, the Italian Institute of Culture in Washington, the Municipality of Barletta and the Apulia Region, will be open to the public until February 12, 2023.