Sitting nude

This great nude, almost inspirated by D'Annunzio is one remarkable and anomalous portrait in Ripari's production. The woman, leaning on the back of an elegant armchair decorated with flowers, reveals in her attitude a modern eroticism, which goes beyond the Scapigliatura’s ways to which the artist tended. In fact, the body is detailed, almost photographic. The impact of the work does not come from the widespread patetism that the master usually used. On the contrary, the provocative figure remains suspended between the physicality of a beautiful lady and the aggressive seduction of a red-haired girl, which summarizes echoes of the distant past of Italian art.