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ROMANTIC STILL LIFE OF THE XIX CENTURY. OIL ON #958026

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ROMANTIC STILL LIFE OF THE XIX CENTURY. OIL ON #958026
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Description: - OIL ? A ROMANTIC STILL LIFE WITH CHAIR, DRAPES AND SWORD. The painting is a particular example of still life, not on a table as the tradition wants, but on a chair of Victorian manner, massive and placed in three-quarter in order to make the shape readable. There are some drapes, probably mantels, leant on it, apparently put at random, one in a very dark green on the back of the chair, it appears very light and precious in a bright green, that recalls the brightness of the European silks, next to it, in perfect chromatic accord, there is a damask drape in green and gold colours that confirms the sensation that it is about a mantle of a rich man. Sensation that grows, more and more, if you look at the third drape present in the painting; there is the same damask decoration, but with a light variation of tonality that keeps the gold but that substitutes the green with the violet. The tassel, that closes the sheath of the sword always painted in gold tones, shows the author's attempt, well-made, of uniting formal elements and hidden meanings. The composition, as you can see it, is the symbol of the love meeting, the lover has left hurriedly his mantle and his sword on a chair, and the certainty that is about a love meeting is given by the flowers, that with their round and divided shape, in many pink and violet petals, are the symbol of the explosion of sensuality, besides the female sense. Still life that makes use, more or less, of clear symbols, in order to recall ...
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<tr><td>Condition:FAILRY GOOD</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1800 CIRCA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:ITALIAN PROVENANCE</td></tr>

<tr><td>Height:32.3</td></tr>
<tr><td>Depth:1.5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Width:25.1</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:ROMANTIC STILL LIFE OF THE XIX CENTURY. OIL ON</td></tr>


<tr><td>Type:OIL ON CANVAS</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:ITALIA</td></tr>
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