The Neapolitan Girl
The Neapolitan Girl c1876 by French Painter Hugues Merle (1823 – 1881); amaren maitasunaren eszenetan espezializatu zena, haurtzaroko xalotasuna eta ondorio morala.
By an alcove on the side of a building stands an alluring brunette maiden of the late 19th century basking in the suns warm glow.
She is wearing a tan ruffled kerchief on the top of her head that nicely contrast the reddish-brown color of the alcove wall.
Along with the kerchief she is wearing a white long baggy sleeve blouse with partial red material from her forearm, up to her upper arm.
The blouse is complimented with the strap on dress she is wearing that is comprised of a black vest with red trim and a red long length bottom that matches the sleeves.
Then she has on the front a lime green apron with floral patterns on the top and a floral pattern on the bottom with a blue chicken; she is also wearing a large red beaded necklace with a gold star emblem hanging from the end.
This portrait of a young lady has her leaning on the stone ledge of the alcove that sits on a large brick wall of tan and light brown cut bricks.
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Hugues Merle urtean jaio zen 1822 La Zonen, Frantzia eta urte inguruan 21 Parisera heldu zen, Frantzian, non pintura ikasi zuen Léon Cogniet margolari historiko eta erretratu frantsesaren eskutik (1794 – 1880).
Huguesen hasierako bizitzari buruz ezer gutxi ezagutzen den arren, uste da Parisera heldu baino lehen arte hezkuntzaren bat jaso zuela. 1843; because he began exhibiting at the Paris Salon in 1847 with his piece Portrait de L’auteur and in 1848 he exhibited the piece Légende des Willis.
Denborak aurrera egin ahala Hugues erretratugile gisa ospea nabarmen hazi zen 1850eko hamarkadan; eta margolari arrakastatsu eta nabarmen gisa beren arte bildumak eraiki nahi zituzten arte-zale serioak erakarri ahal izan zituen..
Lehen arte-biltzaile horietako bat Hertfordeko 4. Markesa izan zen, Richard Seymour-Conway (1800-1870); nork bere apaindegiko bidalketa erosi zuen Reading the Bible in 1859.
1860ko hamarkadan zehar, Huges client list of collectors included not only individuals from the European continent, baina baita bildumagile amerikarrak ere, hala nola, Baltimoreko William Waltersek The Scarlet Letter enkargatu zuena.