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Bologna, 1681<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Portrait of a lady with a little dog<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">oil on canvas, cm. 112&#215;91<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The painting depicts a lady of the upper-class bourgeoisie or nobility, elegantly dressed in a black gown adorned with pearl bows and a precious pearl necklace. She wears pendant earrings and her hair is styled in an elaborate coiffure. Seated on a piece of furniture to the woman\u2019s left is a small white dog, likely a lapdog \u2013 a common feature in 17th-century female portraiture, symbolizing both status and fidelity, emphasized by the gentle gesture with which the lady strokes the animal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The work is distinguished by the meticulous attention to detail, particularly in the embroidery of the dress, the folds of the sleeves, the jewelry, and the dog\u2019s fur, which are all rendered with remarkable care and a strong tactile quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The attribution to Pier Francesco Cittadini is supported by a range of stylistic and formal elements consistent with the mature production of the Lombard painter, who was actively primarily in Bologna. A pupil of Guido Reni, Cittadini gradually developed a more autonomous style, marked by greater naturalism and decorative richness, influenced by Flemish and French models \u2013 which came into the painter\u2019s style following his sojourn in Paris around 1640. The lateral lighting and the velvety treatment of fabrics and flesh tones are features also found in several of Cittadini\u2019s portraits, such as the renowned Potrait of a Lady in Black Dress housed at the Davia Bargellini Museum in Bologna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, the painting features all the characteristics that Cittadini developed in portraiture after his training at Reni\u2019s workshop: an evident focus on decorative detail, a taste for bourgeois elegance, refined realism, and a soft, enveloping light that gently models the forms. Although unsigned, the work aligns convincingly with Cittadini\u2019s oeuvre through robust stylistic and comparative evidence, and can be plausibly dated to between 1650 and 1660.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6979,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"portfolio-types":[46],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/6980"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio-types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antico.tornabuoniarte.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio-types?post=6980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}