Dedicated to Maria Rosa, 6

Like a slab of ice that absorbs light and sends it back, and at the same time preserves in itself rarefied shadows of presence, this lucid appearance fully shows the remarkable art of Schirolli. His fundamental invention is the diagonal approach to the form, which moves in a decisive and unavoidable way the whole structure of the painting. Placing very clear colors over the white, then rippling with darker shades of smaller surface, the Mantuan painter always seems to reach a miraculous balance. Schirolli always surprises for its vibrant firmness.