FEMALE PORTRAIT BY SEBASTIANO BOMBELLI, 1635-1719 VENICE
IN THIS EXQUISITE UNPUBLISHED PAINTING, BOMBELLI EVOKES THE SUBTLY INTROSPECTIVE CHARACTER OF THE NOBLE VENETIAN WOMAN WITH HER MOST REFINED ELEGANCE.....
PHYSIOGNOMIC ACUTENESS AND A SUMPTUOUS REFINEMENT IN THE CLOTHING....
I BELIEVE IT IS A WORK OF THE ARTIST'S MATURITY, AROUND 1675-1680, AND I CONSIDER IT AMONG THE MOST CAPTIVATING OUTCOMES OF THE PRESTIGIOUS VENETIAN ARTIST......................
EXPERTISE OF PROF. UGO RUGGERI,
CM. 67 X 52