The Bouquet
The Bouquet c1889 by Italian Painter Vittorio Matteo Corcos (1859 – 1933); bi hunera xwe ya hunerî ya ku mêr û jinên bi cil û bergên xweş di demên vala û lîstikê de nîşan dide tê nasîn.
This is a portrait of a young lady with auburn hair, wearing a silk or satin light colored blue-white dress, with cross straps that go over her shoulders with an disc brooch at the center; as well as a sheer blue shawl around her arms and across her chest and on the waist.
She is sitting on a bench with a possible marble top and a wooden blue foundation that is embellished with a copper motif.
In her hands that are resting on her lap is a bouquet of purple roses, and beside her to her right is an assortment of white roses resting on the top of the bench.
The background is composed of a sating drape that blends into the background wall of varying colors that conforms to the young ladies skin tones.
The Bouquet is a remastered digital art old masters reproduction of a public domain image that is available as a çapkirina canvas serhêl.
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Vittorio was born to Jewish parents, Isacco e Giuditta Baquis, in Livorno, and at the age of 16, he obtained is artistic training at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence under the tutelage of Italian Painter Enrico Pollastrini (1817 – 1876).
Then between 1878 û 1879 he worked under Italian Painter Domenico Morelli (1826 – 1901) in Naples; known for producing historical and religious paintings; and who was considered to be a great influence in the arts of the second half of the 19th Century.
Vittorio then traveled to Paris where he met French Painter Léon Bonnat (1833 – 1922), and signed a contract with the Goupil & Cie a leading dealership in 19th century France, from which he was able to supplement his income as a portrait painter with illustrations for magazines.
He frequented the circles of Italian Painter Giuseppe De Nittis (considered to be one of the most important Italian Painters of the 19th century); and from 1881 ta 1886, he frequently exhibited at the Salon.
Li 1886 Vittorio returned to Italy, putatively to join the army, and then settled in Florence. At which time he converted to Catholicism and married a widow named Emma Ciabatti.
In Florence, he made friends in the intellectual circles of the time, and made portraits of Italian Realist painter Silvestro Lega (1826 – 1895), Italian Poet Giosue Carducci (1835 – 1907), and Italian Composer Pietro Mascagni (1863 – 1945).
After 1900, he wrote for the Florentine Journal Il Marzocco.; as well as published a short story in the magazine Fanfulla della Domenica titled Mademoiselle Leprince.
Li 1904, he traveled to Potsdam to paint Emperor William II (1859 – 1941) and other members of the German monarchy.
During World War I in 1916, Vittorio’s son died in battle. Later in the 1920s he joined the Gruppo Labronico along with Italian Painters Plinio Nomellini (1866 – 1943) and Ulvi Liegi (1858 – 1939).
He also painted portraits of Mussolini (Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini 1883 – 1945) in 1928; Countess Annina Morosini (1924 – 1965); Countess Nerina Volpi di Misurata; Carducci, Puccini and Mascagni; Queen Amélie of Portugal and Princess of Orleans.
