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# 36416
Giovanni Battista Gigola-Circle "Mme Roberta Chiara Beccari from Bologna", miniature, 1809
Price: 2000 EUR
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According to the authentic old legend on verso it is a made in 1809 miniature portrait of a certain Mme Roberta Chiara Beccari, second wife of the great-grandfather of the pre-owner (author of this inscription). The miniature shows stylistic criteria of works of North Italian miniaturists influenced by the famous Giovanni Battista Gigicola.
Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Gigola (or Cigola) was born in 1767 in Brescia and died in Milan in 1841. He commenced his studies in Italy; in ca. 1800 Gigola traveled to Paris, where he joined the studio of Isabey. According to Leisching, he may have participated in several exhibitions in Paris beginning from 1803. Sometime later he returned to Milan, where he was a protégé of the viceroy Eugene, Duke of Leuchtenberg (Eugene de Beauharnais). Besides miniatures on ivory, Gigola also painted on enamel. In fact, he is considered the artist who reintroduced this technique to Italy. He also drew illustrations for Byron and Lodovico da Porto. Schidlof says, his miniatures show no influence of his master Isabey, they are of a typical Italian technique, with slightly dull coloring and the backgrounds painted in gouache.
Measurements: Diameter: unframed 7,4cm/2,9in; framed 13,2cm/5,2in
Provenance: aristocratic property (see image nr.9); private collection, USA
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Condition: good; in original frame
Creation Year: 1809
Measurements:UNFRAMED:0,0x0,0cm/0,0x0,0in
Object Type:Framed miniature
Style: Portrait miniatures
Technique: Watercolor on ivory
Inscription:indistinctly signed; old legend dated 1809 on verso
Creator: Giovanni Battista Gigola
Creator Dates: 1767 Brescia-1841 Milan
Nationality:Italian
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