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Vittorio Matteo Corcos,
1859 Livorno - 1933 Florenz

Der Künstler war Schüler von Enrico Pollastrini (1817 - 1876), studierte 1878/79 in Neapel bei Domenico Morelli (1823 - 1901) und zog 1880 nach Paris, wo er Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890) kennenlernte. Inspiriert durch den Historien- und Porträtmaler Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat (1833 - 1922), später in Bekanntschaft mit Gabriele D’Annunzio (1863 - 1938).
Die vorliegende Darstellung im Halbbildnis, um das Dekolleté ein flauschiger weißer Pelz gelegt, am Hals eine doppelte Perlenkette, das Haar hochgebunden, der Blick gilt dem Betrachter. Feine, nahezu fotografisch genaue feinpinselige Malerei. (10406413) (11)


Vittorio Matteo Corcos,
1859 Livorno - 1933 Florence

PORTRAIT OF AN UPPER-CLASS LADY, 1910

Oil on canvas.
76 x 61 cm.
Signed and dated lower left.

The artist’s teacher was Enrico Pollastrini (1817 - 1876). In 1878/79 he studied in Naples with Domenico Morelli (1823 - 1901) and in 1880 he relocated to Paris, where he became acquainted with Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890). He was inspired by the history- and portrait painter Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat (1833 - 1922), and later also met Gabriele D’Annunzio (1863 - 1938).
The offered painting depicts a lady in half-length with luxurious white fur stole around her décolleté, wearing a two-strand pearl necklace; her hair is pinned-up and she looks at the viewer. Finely painted portrait, created with near photographic precision.

This object has been individually compared to the information in the Art Loss Register data bank and is not registered there as stolen or missing.