Ritratto di donna con ventaglio

This portrait alludes to the likeness of a veiled woman holding a fan in her right hand, executed with thick strokes primarily of black and grey, leaving the canvas nearly bare above. It is a first version of the final work completed in 1923. In the last years of his activity, Mancini privileged the female form in monumental poses with languid smiles, often set within bourgeois settings.