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Title: Market sceneArtist: Cafiero Filippelli (Livorno, 1889 - 1973)Technique: Oil on panelEpoch: 1940sBoard size: 27 x 34 cmFrame: Contemporary gilded frame, size 49.5 x 42 cmProvenience: Private collectionVivid market scene signed at lower right by Labronian painter Cafiero Filippelli, an artist known for his depictions of daily life, often animated by a full-bodied brushstroke and expressive use of light and color. The work, dating from the 1940s, depicts a crowded open-air market, with popular figures caught in moments of exchange and sociability.The painting fully expresses Filippelli's mature style: dynamic composition, rich pictorial impasto and skillful atmospheric rendering. The gilt frame, coeval, further enhances the scene and gives the painting a strong decorative impact.In excellent state of preservationAuthograph signature visible at lower right