Portrait of Georges Grosjean

Georges Grosjean, insurance agent, benefits in life with the sum of 150,000 lire the Ospedale Maggiore; he accepts the portrait to be commissioned, and name Ida Monti for the execution, but asking that it is not exposed as long as he is alive. When he died in 1939, he named the Ospedale Maggiore as universal heir, with various legates all in favor of his sister Virginia Tarcy, to whom he was united by great affection. Virginia herself had another portrait of her brother by Salvatore Corvaya executed at her own expense. The Hospital Quadreria accepts with enthusiasm, also because the portrait of Ida Monti, despite requests for modification, was not liked at all and was accepted only for reasons of opportunity "being an artist designated by the living Benefactor who declared to be satisfied with the same framework ". The Corvaya painting is incisive and accurate and makes use of a vast and accurate range of chromatic nuances thanks to the wise setting of the outdoor figure.