Portrait of a lady, bust length, in a white summer dress holding an open book; a walled summer garden beyond

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Adolfo Belimbau (Italian, 1845-1938)
Portrait of a lady, bust length, in a white summer dress holding an open book; a walled summer garden beyond
signed and inscribed 'A Belimbau/Firenze' (lower left)
oil on canvas
25 x 17 7/8 in. (63.5 x 45.4 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Belimbau shared ideas and beliefs with the Italian 'Macchiaioli' school of painters and worked in a studio with Eugenio Cecconi. Works by him can be seen in the Gallery of Modern Art, Pitti Palace, Florence.

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