Silvestro Lega painting
Portrait of a young woman
Oil on panel painting depicting a young woman by Silvestro Lega. On the back is visible the painter’s signature and date of the work and number of the private collection. The work is enriched by an Italian lacquered and mecha gilded frame.
The work including the frame measures 18 ⁵⁷/₆₄ x 23 ¹⁵/₆₄ x 1 ³¹/₃₂ inc.
Silvestro Lega is one of the leading exponents of the Florentine Macchiaioli movement along with Giovanni Fattori and Telemaco Signorini. The characteristic of the Macchiaioli was that they worked in the open air using sunlight as a contrast.












