Contadina de Asís

Contadina de Asís is an 1888 oil-on-canvas painting by the Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla, from 1888. It is part of the collection of the Sorolla Museum, in Madrid.

Contadina de Asís
ArtistJoaquín Sorolla
Year1888 (1888)
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions39.50 cm × 55.50 cm (15.55 in × 21.85 in)
LocationSorolla Museum, Madrid

Description

It was painted in 1888, at a small town of Assisi in Italy, after the retirement of the painter. He always wanted to paint natural and realistic beauty.[1] It is a feminine portrait of a peasant woman standing in a landscape full of vegetation and dotted with poppies. The woman appears to be slightly turning her head to the right. She wears a red scarf, which covers her head and is knotted at the nape of her neck, and a matching red bodice over a white blouse.[2]

The painting uses bright natural colours with an ease of brush work.

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