Cecilia Bartoli: La Madonna del Pomodoro
Drawing
2007 (made)
2007 (made)
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Portrait by Linda Sutton of the opera singer Cecilia Bartoli, 2007, signed and dated with dedication by the subject.
Artist Linda Sutton has specialised in figurative and narrative painting, often with a mythological or literary subject matter. A series inspired by opera includes a painting of opera singer Cecilia Bartoli entitled La Madonna del Pomodoro, which shows the mezzo-soprano wearing a white dress, the skirt patterned with tomatoes, and reclining in a stylised Italian landscape behind a row of seed packets showing varieties of tomato. The theme recurs in this pencil sketch in which Bartoli wears a necklace of tomatoes.
The drawing is dedicated to ‘Tony and Susan’, opera lover Anthony Gasson and his wife. Anthony Gasson (died 2012) was an enthusiastic collector of opera memorabilia and items from his collection have been acquired by the V&A.
Artist Linda Sutton has specialised in figurative and narrative painting, often with a mythological or literary subject matter. A series inspired by opera includes a painting of opera singer Cecilia Bartoli entitled La Madonna del Pomodoro, which shows the mezzo-soprano wearing a white dress, the skirt patterned with tomatoes, and reclining in a stylised Italian landscape behind a row of seed packets showing varieties of tomato. The theme recurs in this pencil sketch in which Bartoli wears a necklace of tomatoes.
The drawing is dedicated to ‘Tony and Susan’, opera lover Anthony Gasson and his wife. Anthony Gasson (died 2012) was an enthusiastic collector of opera memorabilia and items from his collection have been acquired by the V&A.
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Title | Cecilia Bartoli: La Madonna del Pomodoro (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Pencil with ink dedication on paper |
Brief description | Portrait by Linda Sutton of the opera singer Cecilia Bartoli, 2007, signed and dated with dedication by the subject |
Physical description | Pencil drawing of Cecilia Bartoli, head and shoulders, wearing a necklace of tomatoes. Signed and dated by the artist in pencil, and dedicated by the subject to Tony and Susan in ballpoint pen, lower right hand corner. |
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Credit line | Acquired with the support of the Friends of the V&A |
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Summary | Portrait by Linda Sutton of the opera singer Cecilia Bartoli, 2007, signed and dated with dedication by the subject. Artist Linda Sutton has specialised in figurative and narrative painting, often with a mythological or literary subject matter. A series inspired by opera includes a painting of opera singer Cecilia Bartoli entitled La Madonna del Pomodoro, which shows the mezzo-soprano wearing a white dress, the skirt patterned with tomatoes, and reclining in a stylised Italian landscape behind a row of seed packets showing varieties of tomato. The theme recurs in this pencil sketch in which Bartoli wears a necklace of tomatoes. The drawing is dedicated to ‘Tony and Susan’, opera lover Anthony Gasson and his wife. Anthony Gasson (died 2012) was an enthusiastic collector of opera memorabilia and items from his collection have been acquired by the V&A. |
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Accession number | S.1732-2014 |
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Record created | January 22, 2015 |
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