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UnknownPainting The Suicide of Portia 18th Century1700s
1700s
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Oil on Canvas.
The woman depicted in the scene can be traced back to Portia, the Roman noblewoman who was the wife of Brutus and thus lived in the first century BCE: according to legend she committed suicide by swallowing a burning coal, and it is at that fatal moment that she is depicted here.
The painting is very close to the pictorial modes of the 'painting of the same name from the school of Cignani, attributed to his pupil Marcantonio Franceschini and preserved at Palazzo Tozzoni in Imola.
The figure of Portia, placed in an interior with classical elements, occupies the entire field of the scene, and is depicted seated in front of the burning brazier, in the act of putting coal in her mouth; her expression reveals the suffering of the act she is performing, but also her determination, her gaze looking away already places her far from the life she is leaving behind.
The painting has been restored and re-tinted.
It is presented in an 18th-century antique frame.
- Creation Year:1700s
- Dimensions:Height: 63.39 in (161 cm)Width: 49.22 in (125 cm)Depth: 2.56 in (6.5 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Milan, IT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU680315500452
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