Original artwork description:
Imaginary portrait of the Italian scholar and playwright Girolamo Gigli (1660 - 1722), set against the backdrop of a view of the Duomo in his native Siena. The painting, in a figurative expressionist style, speaks of a whimsical, nonconformist character who brought together all the worst and all the best of the pure-blooded Sienese: although factitious, stubborn and irascible, he was full of imagination and spontaneity, ready above all to defend his ideals at any cost. Professor of Tuscan Literature at the Universities of Pavia and Siena, he soon gained renown by composing oratorios, cantatas and sacred and profane dramas for music collected in Dramatic Poems and Opere nuove (Venice 1700).
Materials used:
Oil colors on canvas
Tags:
#tuscany #made in italy #culture #siena #imaginary portrait #writer #historical figure #tuscan language #playwright #scholarTRIBUTE TO GIROLAMO GIGLI (2011)
Oil painting
by Paola Imposimato
£1,880.52
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 50 x 70 x 2cm (unframed) / 50 x 70cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Original artwork description
Imaginary portrait of the Italian scholar and playwright Girolamo Gigli (1660 - 1722), set against the backdrop of a view of the Duomo in his native Siena. The painting, in a figurative expressionist style, speaks of a whimsical, nonconformist character who brought together all the worst and all the best of the pure-blooded Sienese: although factitious, stubborn and irascible, he was full of imagination and spontaneity, ready above all to defend his ideals at any cost. Professor of Tuscan Literature at the Universities of Pavia and Siena, he soon gained renown by composing oratorios, cantatas and sacred and profane dramas for music collected in Dramatic Poems and Opere nuove (Venice 1700).
Materials used:
Oil colors on canvas
Tags:
#tuscany #made in italy #culture #siena #imaginary portrait #writer #historical figure #tuscan language #playwright #scholarReturns and refunds
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This artwork is sold by Paola Imposimato from Italy
