Fabio Fabbi, Orientalisierender weiblicher Ak... Lot n° 774

Fabio Fabbi, Orientalizing Female Nude, Orientalist and Illustrator (1861 Bologna - 1946 Casaleccio di Reno/Bologna), oil/canvas, signed lower right "F. Fabbi", around 1900, large-format studio piece typical of the work with an orientalizing tone; the model leaning emphatically lasciviously on the divan with open brown hair speaks directly to the viewer, seduces in thought by the subtle eroticism of the reduced gesture and the play with possibilities; the discreetly veiling cloths are in this context a frequently used pictorial metaphor for the seductive arts of the all-testament Salome, who with her Dance of the Seven Veils persuaded her father Herod to have John the Baptist's head served to her on a silver platter, old restored condition, newly mounted, 112 x 73 cm (HxW), elaborately decorated and openwork washed gold frame, good condition for age with minor bumps, frame width 15 cm