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Reading in the shade, Florence
24cm x 18 cm
Oil on panel
Sale price: Euro 250
Price includes shipping costs.
I had set out that morning, to paint a scene I had noticed a few days earlier, of the view towards the Ponte Vecchio, from a small green area, across the road from the river. As I was painting it, a girl sat down to read, for a while, in the cool of the shade. I just had to include her in this painted moment.