Nazzareno Sidoli (1879-1969) - Ritratto di nobildonna

Refined and intense oil painting on canvas depicting a charming antique feminine portrait executed by the well-known Piacenza painter Nazzareno Sidoli, an artist with solid academic training at the Gazzola Institute and celebrated for his extraordinary portraiture ability.

The painting places itself in the author's full stylistic maturity, precisely in the early 1920s, a period during which the artist returns to Piacenza and dedicates himself to portraying the local high bourgeoisie and nobility with a strongly influenced style by realism and Flemish painting, evident in the masterful contrast between the austere background and the warm luminosity of the flesh.

The woman displays a soft updo typical of the Edwardian period and wears a dark dress enriched at the décolletage by a splendid and elegant necklace with geometric pendants of the era, testifying to the refinement of the details and the subject's social status.

At the back the work shows all its structural authenticity with the contemporaneous wooden frame equipped with the typical corner tension keys (chiavette) and the original canvas in good overall condition, which presents on the front the artist's autograph signature written in cursive with a characteristic reddish pigment in the lower right corner.

The dimensions of the canvas are 60 centimeters in height by 45 centimeters in width, corresponding to the classic and sought-after commercial format of twelve, a figure much used by masters of the early twentieth century for ritratti da quadreria (portraiture for gallery paintings).

A work of notable decorative and historical impact, ideal for enriching collections of Italian painting of the twentieth century or for insertion in prestigious and elegant living environments.

The painting presents in discrete conservation conditions with fascinating and natural signs of time on the painted surface that increase its authenticity and vintage charm.