In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Best known for his futurist works, Severini painted this little mandolin-playing figure as part of a widespread revival of classical aesthetics following the upheavals of World War I. Severini strove for an "aesthetic of compass and number." He organized his composition according to the golden ratio, imitating the monuments of classical Antiquity and the Italian Renaissance. The figure is 'pulcinella'—-a stock character from the traditional commedia dell'arte theater.
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