École Européene (XX) - La Contessa

- Oil on canvas.

- This charming oval portrait with its gold frame inspired by the eighteenth century captures an elegant lady who seems to have stepped straight from the librettos of a Mozart opera. The figure registers in the imagination of palace heroines, those who endure in popular memory with powdered wigs, discreet polisones, and the air of gallant intrigue.

The portrayed lady, dressed in a wispy floral-patterned gown in pastel tones —characteristic of the cut fashion— immediately evokes characters such as Countess Rosina Almaviva or the clever maid Susanna from The Marriage of Figaro. Her pose, haughty yet with a hint of melancholy, as she leans on a walking cane, places her in a palatial garden where the famed chitchats (galant and discreet courtships) unfolded. This lady whose inner world of secrets and feelings hides behind the formality of her attire, and who immortalizes the spirit of a literary and musical era dominated by elegance, artifices, and sentimental games under the open sky.

- Image dimensions without frame: 65 x 48 cm / 70 x 52 cm with a magnificent oval frame in a classic style tailored to fit.

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