COURTSHIP

Creator(s): Oreste Costa (Painter)

Currently in storage

About this object

Painting shows a genre scene. To the right is a young man holding a pipe in his left hand which is resting on a table in front of him. He is blowing smoke into the face of a young woman on his right. They are both seated at a wooden table. He leans towards her, his right arm around her shoulders. He is wearing a brimmed hat, a red vest and white shirt. She leans back to the left, with her right arm and hand raised to block the smoke. She is wearing a yellow cap and kerchief and a white and green blouse. She also wears gold hoop earrings, and a pearl necklace. On the table is a wooden bowl filled with salad and with a spoon sticking out from it and a fork leaning against it. Also on the table is crumbled bread, a knife, a cut onion, a tumbler of wine and spilled matches. Both are seated in straight back wooden chairs and at the right background is a painting hanging on the wall.

Object name:

COURTSHIP

Made from:

Oil on canvas

Made in:

Florence, Italy

Date made:

late 19th Century

Size:

Framed: 42 × 55 in. (106.7 × 139.7 cm) Unframed: 28 1/2 × 43 3/4 in. (72.4 × 111.1 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

51.176

Class:

PAINTING

Signature marks:

SIGNATURE O. Costa Firenze [Upper left corner]

Credit line:

Gift of General Foods, 1978