Portrait of a Woman (Marianna Panciatichi, marchesa Paolucci delle Roncole, 1835–1919, or her sister-in-law, Beatrice Ferrari-Corbelli di Reggio, contessa di Lucciano)

1864

Not on view

Gordigiani was the premier portraitist of the Risorgimento, the period of modern Italian unification. This portrait, commissioned by marchese Ferdinando Panciatichi (1813–1897), scion of a distinguished Florentine family, depicts the patron’s daughter or daughter-in-law. That it was one of a pair—the pendant is now unlocated—can be deduced from the original receipt for the exuberant gilt wood frame with silk velvet elements the painting still bears, a masterpiece of the intagliatore, or carver, Niccola Ricci (active 1848–1866). The frame’s opulence is evocative of the years 1864–71, during which Florence served as King Vittorio Emanuele II’s temporary capitol.

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Title: Portrait of a Woman (Marianna Panciatichi, marchesa Paolucci delle Roncole, 1835–1919, or her sister-in-law, Beatrice Ferrari-Corbelli di Reggio, contessa di Lucciano)
Artist: Michele Gordigiani (Italian, Florence 1835–1909 Florence)
Date: 1864
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 25 3/16 x 20 1/2 in. (64 x 52 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Purchase, Anne Cox Chambers Gift, 2011
Object Number: 2011.9
Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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