Italian school (XIX) - Damas en Carnaval

Italian School of the 19th century Ladies in Carnival, oil on panel, dimensions 20 x 16 cm. This work is classified as a cabinet painting or miniature, a format very popular in the Italian School of the 19th century. These pieces were valued for their level of detail in small spaces and tended to decorate private salons of the bourgeoisie.
The scene seems to be of a genre or romantic type. The use of costumes with golden details and headdresses suggests an influence of the neorenaissance or troubadour style, very common in Italy in the mid-19th century, where the glorious past was idealized.
Oil on panel allows a finer and more precise brushstroke than canvas, which is evident in the delicacy of the faces and the sheen of the fabrics.