Francesco Alfano (1959) - Piedigrotta
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Oil painting Piedigrotta by Francesco Alfano (1959), Italy, 50 × 40 cm, signed, depicting a nocturnal scene, sold with a frame, in good condition.
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The scene depicts the famous Festa di Piedigrotta, one of the oldest and most cherished Neapolitan popular traditions, celebrated between September 7 and 8 around the sanctuary of Santa Maria di Piedigrotta.
Born as a religious celebration of the Madonna, in the course of the nineteenth century the festival transformed into a grand popular spectacle, able to gather devotion, music, show and daily life. Processions, musicians, allegorical floats, stalls, illuminations and fireworks animated the streets of Naples and the Mergellina shoreline.
Piedigrotta also played a fundamental role in the history of Neapolitan song, becoming in the nineteenth century one of the main places for the diffusion of Neapolitan popular music.
The painting embodies precisely this festive and choral character: a popular, noisy and luminous Naples, caught in the moment of the celebration, among music, crowds and plays of light.
The scene depicts the famous Festa di Piedigrotta, one of the oldest and most cherished Neapolitan popular traditions, celebrated between September 7 and 8 around the sanctuary of Santa Maria di Piedigrotta.
Born as a religious celebration of the Madonna, in the course of the nineteenth century the festival transformed into a grand popular spectacle, able to gather devotion, music, show and daily life. Processions, musicians, allegorical floats, stalls, illuminations and fireworks animated the streets of Naples and the Mergellina shoreline.
Piedigrotta also played a fundamental role in the history of Neapolitan song, becoming in the nineteenth century one of the main places for the diffusion of Neapolitan popular music.
The painting embodies precisely this festive and choral character: a popular, noisy and luminous Naples, caught in the moment of the celebration, among music, crowds and plays of light.
Details
Artist
Francesco Alfano (1959)
Sold with frame
Yes
Title of artwork
Piedigrotta
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Signed
Country of origin
Italy
Condition
Good condition
Height
50 cm
Width
40 cm
Depiction/theme
Night scene
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