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- Reference number
- P04627
- Author
- Rosales Gallina, Eduardo (Spanish)
- Title
- Ciocciara
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 125 cm x 75 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- No
- Entrance
- MUSEO ARTE MODERNO
- Procedence
- Museum of Modern Art
A frontal image of a young woman.
She stands, leaning on a doorframe,
wearing the typical costume of
peasants from southern Lazio. This
motif was frequently employed by
Spanish painters traveling to Rome
as they could rarely resist the
temptation to make a depiction of
customs like this one.
The model's ample blouse, bluish
skirt and dark bodice contrast with
the painting's overall
greenish-brown color scheme. Also
notable are the relaxed
brushstrokes, applied with broad,
broken gestures. The lighting and
the demarcation of the figure's
silhouette help to build the figure
in space. In that sense, this work
is close to the sobriety of Corot
or Courbet's French realism, while
the imprecise drawing of the young
woman's hands and the resultant
sense of movement recall some of
Velasquez's works.
This painting was acquired for the
Museum of Modern Art on 18 November
1940.
