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GIOVANNI BATTISTA TORRIGLIA (1858-1937) - Receive artist alerts » - More items from this artist »
The Thread of Love (c. 1895 Italy)
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Medium
Oil on Canvas
Signed/Inscribed/DatedG B Torriglia, Firenze (lower left)
Dimensions36.00inch wide 25.00inch high (91.44 cm wide 63.50 cm high)
ProvenancePrivate collection London.
ConditionExcellent. The painting has been cleaned, re-lined and fitted with a new Italian contemporary style giltwood frame.
Description / Expertise
A charming yet off beat look at Italian family life, with a young girl whilst winding thread being charmed by her young bo, whilst her grandmother listens secretly in the background. A classic genre scene by the excellent hand of Giovani Batista Torriglia.
Born in Genoa in 1857, Giovanni Battista was best known as a genre painter, he was particularly revered for his sensitive depictions of domestic family life. Torriglia’s paintings generally involve multi-figured compositions and involve a strong narrative element. Like his contemporaries, Gaetano Chierici and Eugenio Zampighi, Torriglia was keen to show that happiness was not dependent on material wealth, clearly demonstrated by happy flirtation of the peasant couple whilst the girls continues her chores, in the background grandmother listens in secretly to the conversation. The sunlight streaming through window illuminates this happy scene.
gbp 26950 (Pound Sterling)
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