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The face of Lina Cavalieri will not be unfamiliar to those partial to one of Fornasetti's Tema e Variazioni ceramics. The opera singer emerged from the pages of 19th-century magazines and became a source of inspiration to Piero Fornasetti, who imagined her in an endless series of portraits. In the case of Tema e Variazion No. 137, Cavalieri's lips and cheeks provide the background, while Fornasetti's clever use of shadow helps to create dimension as if you could smell the flower that rests beside her mouth.

Material

Porcelain