Ettore Castaldi (1877-1956) - La spigolatrice

- Author: Ettore Castaldi (Livorno, 1877-1956)
- Title: The Gleaner
- Medium: Oil on panel
- Date: The work can be dated to the second half of the 20th century, most probably within the 1950s–1960s, also based on the documentation on the back.
- Size: 36 × 23 cm (as per label on the back, without frame)
- Signature: Not visible on the front
- Frame: In gilded wood, contemporary, 42x52 cm
- Description of the work: The work depicts a female figure engaged in gleaning, a theme of strong symbolic and social significance in Italian painting of the 20th century. The woman, seen from behind and in movements, advances across the field carrying a large sheaf of ears of wheat, set in a broad rural landscape dominated by warm and luminous tones.
The painting is characterized by a thick, dynamic brushwork, with an intense color rendering that prioritizes atmosphere over descriptive detail. The compositional arrangement and the treatment of light recall a realist and post-Macchiaiolo sensibility, with attention to rural life and the gestures of daily work.
- Provenance: On the back is affixed the original label of the “Galleria d’Arte Athena” in Livorno, with handwritten entries that read:
Author: Ettore Castaldi
Title: The Gleaner
Dimensions: 34.5x25 CM
Sale date: February 1962
The presence of the gallery label (Athena) constitutes an important element of traceability and provenance.
- Shipping: The work will be shipped in appropriate packaging to ensure its safety. We would like to emphasize that the frame is excluded from the sale price, and therefore not charged. For this reason, Galleria FIDANDA is released from any damages or dents that the frame may present, we are not responsible for how it will arrive during transport.