[Lemon Tree] Garden of Villa La Badia, Florence
Date
1923Medium
Sanguine pastel on paperCredit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015Dimensions
23 7/8 x 18 3/4 in.Description & Inscriptions
[bottom left of paper in graphite]: Violet Oakley / 1923; [bottom mat in graphite]: Mary Nixon at her Italian Villa / or Georgina Tarnowski at her " "; [verso upper left in graphite]: [Lemon Tree] - Garden of Villa La Badia - Florence / Florence / $200
Although Horace Oakley owned Villa La Badia, the female portrayed could be Mary Nixon. In a photograph of her posing for Oakley’s A Florentine Lady, Nixon wears a similar hairstyle and tunic.
Although Horace Oakley owned Villa La Badia, the female portrayed could be Mary Nixon. In a photograph of her posing for Oakley’s A Florentine Lady, Nixon wears a similar hairstyle and tunic.
