A. Borsari - Untitled

The subject is closely linked to eighteenth-century Rococo painting. It is a genre scene, which means it captures a scene from everyday life, narrated in all its spontaneity, almost as if it were a photograph of a moment in time. Here too, we are conveyed the feeling of seeing a scene from everyday life, a convivial moment of the upper middle class or nobility, without moralistic or symbolic intent, but simply capturing the carefree nature of the moment. We see a large group of people gathered in front of a fireplace, all elegantly dressed, and small groups form engrossed in their conversation.

The work in question is an oleograph. This is a chromolithographic process that imitates oil painting. The technique became popular in the second half of the 19th century, to reproduce an oil painting that resembled the original by using paper with a pre-printed impression that simulated the texture of the canvas. Furthermore, the print can also be made directly on canvas. In this case, the painting is clearly closely linked to the Rococo style, capturing a genre scene and conveying the whole in a highly realistic manner. Attention is primarily focused on the meticulous rendering of costumes and wigs, as is typical in this particularly ornamental artistic movement.

The work refers to a painting by Pio Ricci. He was born in Florence in 1850 and specialized in genre scenes. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, where he absorbed an academic culture still influenced by Rococo painting, and thus we see a close connection with eighteenth-century painting. The painter died in 1919. However, as we have explained, the painting is clearly not by him, but an oleograph based on one of his works. The person responsible for this reproduction is A. Borsari, who, although very little information is available, is said to have been a famous artist in late nineteenth-century Venice, specializing in collaboration with oleograph companies. This made it possible to create extremely faithful reproductions at prices accessible to the general public.

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