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Leonetta Pieraccini Cecchi, Portrait of Cesare Pascarella, 1929, Gabinetto G.P. Vieusseux
Leonetta Pieraccini Cecchi’s Portrait of Cesare Pascarella
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Painter captures writer with whimsy. In the catalog ‘Artiste. Firenze (1900-50), conservator Rossella Lari discusses the whimsical portrait: “Executed with a few sparse strokes of her brush, Pieraccini Cecchi’s Portrait of Cesare Pascarella employs a very narrow range of color. Nonetheless, this sketch-like painting truly captures the literati-painter’s character. There are no visible pencil marks indicating that she first drew a rough outline, even in terms of measuring the sitter’s head or gauging its position on the panel. It appears Pieraccini used a single brush for this work, painting on the spot, almost as if she were trying to freeze a moment in time by capturing it on a re-used piece of wood pockmarked on both sides by various incisions.”