Raffaello Sorbi (Italian painter) 1844 - 1931
The Knitting Shepherdess, 1914
oil on canvas
21 1/4 x 29 1/4 in. (61.5 x 74.2 cm.)
signed Raf Sorbi and dated 1914 (lower right)
private collection
Throughout his career, Sorbi found inspiration for his paintings in the villages of Tuscany around his native Florence. Almost always, theatrical figures in eighteenth century costumes are set against bright landscapes observed directly from nature. Set on the banks of the Arno looking across at the foothills of the Pratomagno, Saltarello cavalluccio epitomizes Sorbi's colorful historicizing genre scenes set in the Tuscan countryside.
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