Telemaco Signorini, Sketch for Straw Weavers at Settignano, ca. 1805. Oil on laminated board, 16.1 x 13.2 cm. Presented in memory of Beniamino Forti by his daughter Luciana, 2008. The National Gallery, London, NG6610.
National Gallery of Art, London
This small oil sketch is a first idea for a painting in a private collection. It shows a craft worker in Settignano, a village in the hills above Florence. Signorini was a member of a group of Florentine painters known as ‘macchiaioli’ – literally, mark or spot-makers. He was a life-long friend of Degas, whose works hang nearby in the Gallery.
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