Signorini's orientalist paintings were much more realistic than the fabricated scenes of many other orientalists of the time - they were highly skilled in the detail, colour and texture of his subjects. His works featured in several exhibitions, for example the Fine Art Exposition in Rome in 1880, the Exposition of the International Artistic Association in 1882 and the Watercolour Society in Rome, of which he was a member. He was also awarded a bronze medal at the Exposition Universelle in 1900. For about ten years he was represented by an American art dealer, Shilhaus, who is credited with developing Signorini's international reputation, and his paintings were largely dispersed throughout Europe and the United States. Signorini continued to be popular after his death - exhibitions of his paintings took place in Milan in 1949 and 1950 and in Turin in 1946 and 1970.