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Ritratto di Rita de Acosta Lydig (The Rothschild) 3.650.000 USD
'PORTRAIT OF GIOVINETTA ERRAZURIZ' Sotheby's New York '19th Century European Art' 2010 $6,578,500.
Suonatrice di lira e ascoltatrice (Woman Playing a Lyre and a Listener) (1875).
Oil on canvas.
A consummate example of the Rococo revival. Two women wrapped in ruffled layers of pink and white silks relax on a settee in the midst of an ornate room delicately balanced by a unifying palette of pastel hues.
From the cream-colored doors opening onto other sumptuous rooms to the golden sphinx proudly spreading its wings on the guéridon, the painting pulsates with opulent splendor.