ALBERTO MARTINI

(Oderzo, Treviso 1876 - Milan 1954)

VIVA L'AMORE, 1902

 Pen with black ink, washed in gray. Inscribed in pen LE BELLE CHIOME C'HA LA MIA ROSSINA BELLA * FA LA LI LELA * VIVAA L 'AMORE / FA LA LJ LE LAAAAAA (sic). Signed and dated with the monogram bottom right AM 1902.  199 x 201 mm.

The drawing is preparatory for one of Alberto Martini's illustrations for Alessandro Tassoni's La Secchia Rapita, cfr. Aa. Vv. Alberto Martini, Editore S.A.D.E.L., 1944