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Source Description
This painting of a young woman with her head slightly tilted back, parted lips, low cut dress, and gaze that meets that of the beholder is a study in the coy sensuality so often encountered in French rococo art of the period. The painting lacks the formality of a commissioned portrait and is rather a study of female seductiveness meant for a male patron.Rotari worked in his native Verona before moving to Vienna and Dresden and finally became court painter to Empress Elizabeth of Russia in 1756. This work is from his time in St. Petersburg.For more information on this painting, please see Federico Zeri's 1976 catalogue Italian Paintings in the Walters Art Gallery, no. 456, pp. 568-569.
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Document identity
localId
26529
label
Young Russian Woman
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obj
dtoType
drawing
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1
Source metadata
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26529
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contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Young Russian Woman
description
This painting of a young woman with her head slightly tilted back, parted lips, low cut dress, and gaze that meets that of the beholder is a study in the coy sensuality so often encountered in French rococo art of the period. The painting lacks the formality of a commissioned portrait and is rather a study of female seductiveness meant for a male patron.Rotari worked in his native Verona before moving to Vienna and Dresden and finally became court painter to Empress Elizabeth of Russia in 1756. This work is from his time in St. Petersburg.For more information on this painting, please see Federico Zeri's 1976 catalogue Italian Paintings in the Walters Art Gallery, no. 456, pp. 568-569.
provenance
Kotchoubey, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Mrs. Julius Levy, Baltimore, prior to 1925 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Philip B. Perlman, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1960, by bequest.
date
ca. 1756-1762 (Baroque)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
44.5
height
34.1
dimensionsRaw
Painted surface H: 17 1/2 x W: 13 7/16 in. (44.5 x 34.1 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Transcription] In crayon on the stretcher: P. Rotari; [Transcription] In ink on the reverse of the canvas: B A K; [Label] Undecipherable label and red wax customs seal
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oil on canvas
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4714
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BAR
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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