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Filippo Palizzi | Girl on the rock in Sorrento, 1871

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Filippo Palizzi (Vasto, Chieti, 1818 - Naples 1899) was an Italian painter.
The Girl on the Rock in Sorrento is in the Balzan Collection in Milan, Italy.
The Barbizons were concerned with light and simple rustic and genre scenes.



Palizzi’s strong diagonal of rock and the girl’s position looking out to the immensity of the sea at Sorrento provides a sense of ascent and the youthful and fearless projection of the self into the future.
Her gaze lifts upward and continues the trajectory of the diagonal.

On the edge of the cliff there is an inscription:
"He, who asked me to lie on this rock, telling me to watch you from morning to night and always tell you: be happy. Felice".



>Titolo: La fanciulla sulla roccia a Sorrento.
Artista: Filippo Palizzi (Vasto, 16 giugno 1818 - Napoli, 11 settembre 1899).
Date: 1871.
Materiali: Olio su Tela.
Dimensioni: cm 55 x 80.
Museo: Fondazione Internazionale Balzan, Milano.

Lungo il profilo della roccia, sul bordo dello scoglio l’artista ha tracciato con il pennello questa epigrafe:
"Egli mi pose a giacere su questa roccia, mi dice di guardarti da mattina a sera e dirti sempre: sii felice. Felice."