Portrait of a girl with a fan, 19th century Neapolitan school

Neapolitan school of the nineteenth century

Portrait of a girl with a fan

(unidentified signature, bottom right)

Material: oil on panel
Dimensions: cm. 60 x 42
Framed cm. 82 x 63

Details of the work: https://www.antichitacastelbarco.it/it/prodotti/ritratto-di-fanciulla-con-ventaglio

This magnificent portrait, which immortalizes a charming girl with a fan in front of her face, is a work to be placed in the panorama of Neapolitan painting of the second half of the 19th century, showing clear affinities to the models of the Neapolitan Vincenzo Irolli.

As in our painting, his style is distinguished by the fast and vibrant brushstroke and the palette rich in chromatic highlights, with strong post-impressionist influences deriving from his stay in Paris.

The international echo of Neapolitan painting of this period, also favored by that direct thread that linked Naples to Paris thanks to the conspicuous presence of French merchants passing through the city, facilitated the flowering of real "schools" and artistic experiences that brought to the development of a flourishing artistic production.

The author leads us to focus attention on the young woman's eyes, on her mischievous smile. It represents the typical beauty of the women of Naples, which the painter wanted to exalt: the painting in fact cannot be identified only as a portrait but as the representation of a model of femininity and an ideal of seduction.

The young woman expresses through the brightness of her face all the expressiveness of her magnetic and sophisticated gaze aimed at meeting that of the viewer, showing large, dark eyes, and of her bewitching smile. In her hands is a fan of hers, as an instrument of seduction, which gives her even more charm.

The panel stands out for its casual, fluid and material painting, with a brilliant variety of colors brightened by carefully studied chromatic contrasts.

Completed with a beautiful contemporary frame in wood and gilded stucco with gold leaf.

The painting, like all our objects, is sold accompanied by a certificate of photographic authenticity in accordance with the law.

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