Italian School Miniature Painting "La Poesia" The Muse of Poetry sometimes referred to as "Sappho" after Carlo Dolci. 9 by 11 cms. 18 by 20 cms. Overall in original carved giltwood frame Circa.1800. Provenance: Armorial label to the reverse of Thomas Ivory (Yvery).
After the work by Dolci in the Galleria Corsini, Florence. The Poesia is perhaps Dolci's most famous work and soon after its creation was lauded in treatises on Florentine art and guidebooks to the city, for example those by Filippo Baldinucci (1681-1728) and Lanzi (1795-1796).