A Italiana (Italian Woman) - Jean Baptiste Camille Corot
National Gallery Londres Inglaterra
OST - 73x59 - 1870
A supremely
poised young woman is painted in three-quarter view. Her right hand curls
around the handle of a mirror, while she appears to be caressing a lock of hair
with her left. She wears a white blouse under a black velvet bodice and yellow
detachable sleeves over her arms. This study is one of a number that Corot
painted during the last years of his life. According to an early biographer,
Etienne Moreau-Nélaton, he would take a week out from painting landscapes to
paint models in the studio.
Corot had a
particular interest in Italian costume, and kept clothes in his studio with
which to dress his models. Both the bodice, actually part of a dress, and the
sleeves also appear in other paintings. He was not interested in authenticity,
but took delight in mixing up the pieces to create a pleasing juxtaposition of
colours and textures.
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