A seated female
Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta
1550
oil
canvas
From the collection of Capitoline Museums
Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta
1550
oil
canvas
From the collection of Capitoline Museums
A seated female is a 1550 oil by Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta, a Mannerism work, held at Capitoline Museums.
The painting depicts a seated female figure, possibly nude, with her left hand covering her chest and her right hand resting on her thigh. The subject's hair is styled in an updo, and she gazes directly at the viewer. The background is dark, with a green fabric draped behind the figure and a blue fabric to her right. The artist's use of chiaroscuro creates a sense of depth and volume in the painting, with the subject's body emerging from the shadows. The overall effect is one of quiet contemplation, as if the subject is lost in thought. To learn more about the artistic techniques used in this painting, explore the technique of chiaroscuro.
Girolamo Siciolante da Sermoneta (1521 – c. 1580) began his career as an Italian Mannerist painter but later adopted the reformist naturalism of Girolamo Muziano in the 1560s and 70s. He was active in Rome in the mid…
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