Oil on canvas. This is a copy of the painting of the same name by Giulio Cesare Ferrari (1818-1899) created in 1863 and purchased a few years later by the Pinacoteca of the Academy of Bologna. The painting represents a scene from Victor Hugo's novel "Notre-Dame de Paris": Esmeralda, a young gypsy who enchants with her beauty and her dance, is persecuted by Archdeacon Frollo because of his obsession, and is locked by him in the tower of the Parisian Cathedral, where she is however helped by the hunchback bell ringer Quasimodo. In the scene, the young woman is curled up in the narrow and dark cell in the company of her inseparable goat. The work belongs to the historical-literary pictorial current that developed in the nineteenth century parallel to Romanticism and Realism, and characterized by the representation of scenes taken from history and literature, often with celebratory and commemorative intentions. The copy proposed here, of good hand and datable shortly after the original, is presented in a mid-20th century style frame, contemporary to the restoration and relining of the work.
Product condition:
Product in good condition, with small signs of wear. We try to present the real state as completely as possible with the photos. If some details are not clear from the photos, what is reported in the description is valid.
Frame dimensions (cm):
Height: 119
Width: 83
Depth: 6
Work dimensions (cm):
Height: 108
Width: 72
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