Malinconia (Melancolia)
Malinconia (Melancolia)
Artist
Gastone Razzaguta
(Italian, 1890 - 1950)
Place of OriginItaly
Date1923
Dimensions35 × 30 1/4 in. (88.9 × 76.8 cm)
Mediumoil on cardboard
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LineGift of Cathy and Bill Carroll and Family
Object number
2023.351
Not on View
DescriptionThe work shows four figures near the cost. A ship can be seen on the water in the distance. One figure is looking out to sea, another is turned towards the viewer. Two figures left and right are seen in profile or semi-profile. Their clothes are simple and ill-fitting. The atmosphere is gloomy. The sun rises, or more likely sets, behind the figures in the distance. A banderole at center bottom carries the inscription: “malinconia / vita tua – vita mia”
13th century
Mid- to late 4th century CE
about 1740
1st century CE
Early to Late 15th century
668-627 BCE
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