{"product_id":"puzzle-1000-piece-lucius-rossi-reading-woman","title":"Puzzle 1000 Piece - Lucius Rossi - Reading Woman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Reading Woman\" (1875) - Lucius Rossi \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRossi's small panel is filled with details. Within this extravagantly decorated interior—which includes a painted ceiling and Asian-inspired upholstery, fire screen, and fan—a lavishly dressed woman reclines on a sofa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer pose, costume, and luxurious surroundings suggest an expensive courtesan rather than a bourgeois wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps the letter she reads comes not from a husband but from a lover or a client. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eGather with family and friends for puzzle-piecing together!\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePomegranate's luxury puzzles are crafted with attention to every detail\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHigh-quality 250-GSM matte artpaper for superior color, crisp details, and no glare\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRibbon-cut thick board for snug fit and minimal dust\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eProduced using thick recycled paper board\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eExclusive selection of art from museums and artists around the world\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBox size: 10 x 13 x 1.875 in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePuzzle size: 20 x 27 in. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLucius Rossi (Italian, 1846–1913) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLucius Rossi was an Italian genre painter who has worked and lived in Paris.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRossi trained at the Academy San Luca in Rome. He was strongly influenced by the Romantic painters, and also the Spanish artist Marià Fortuny.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRossi left Italy to settle in Paris in 1867, where he began to work as a designer for magazines, including the illustrated British newspaper \"The Graphic\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Paris he became close to the European high bourgeoisie; his commissions included a portrait of the family of William Waldorf Astor, now in the Metropolitan Museum, New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRossi had success at the Paris Salon and for a time worked exclusively for the leading Parisian dealer Adolphe Goupil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis artwork, full of fragility, is characterized by his sense of details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeminine figure is one of his recurrent theme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe represented woman in interior scenes usually personal or in the middle of a romantic conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRossi's \u003cem\u003eYoung Woman Reading\u003c\/em\u003e, oil on panel is currently exhibited at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pomegranate Communications, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52516682924308,"sku":"155147","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/1086\/0564\/files\/2c9aa470AA1144_01.png?v=1779125934","url":"https:\/\/homeportonline.com\/products\/puzzle-1000-piece-lucius-rossi-reading-woman","provider":"Homeport","version":"1.0","type":"link"}