Rosina

Federico del Campo stands out among the Peruvian painters who emigrated to Europe during the second half of the nineteenth century, with his work of great refinement, closely associated with Italian themes and landscapes. Originally a businessman, del Campo came to painting later in life. He traveled to Europe in 1868, settling first in Paris, where he remained for a few years. He then moved to Italy, where for a time he studied Roman pictorial models before establishing himself in Venice. Although he is best known for his studies of that city, painted in the tradition of the Italian “vedutisti”, del Campo also produced a number of works that depicted rural scenes and customs from other regions of Italy, particularly Capri. Rosina is both a portrait of the model Rosina Ferrara, a favorite among foreign painters in Capri, and an idealized representation of Italian women. It is also an excellent example of the preciosity of Del Campo’s smaller works, which focus on the minute description of details. (NM)