Alessandro Milesi (1856–1945) – Portrait of a Young Girl

An intense portrait of a young girl painted in oil on cardboard by Alessandro Milesi, one of the leading figures in Venetian painting from the late 19th century through the early decades of the 20th century.The work stands out for its extraordinary immediacy of execution and the quality of its broad, free, and textured brushstrokes, with which the artist constructs the face and figure through a skillful balance of light and color. The young woman’s gaze—gentle and introspective—lends the painting intense expressive power, while the warm-toned palette, enlivened by delicate hints of pink and blue, lends depth and harmony to the composition as a whole.This painting is a significant example of Milesi’s work, which successfully blends the solidity of the compositional structure with the freedom of the painterly gesture—qualities that established the artist as one of the most highly regarded masters of Italian portraiture between the 19th and 20th centuries.A signed work of pleasing painterly quality and definite collector’s interest, ideal for collections dedicated to Italian painting from the late 19th to the early 20th centuries.