1.0Polo Culturale Pietro Aldihttp://www.poloaldi.it/en/Polo Aldihttp://www.poloaldi.it/en/author/poloaldi/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="F9PKmV45Jd"><a href="http://www.poloaldi.it/en/artwork/portrait-of-a-young-girl-2/">Portrait of a Girl</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="http://www.poloaldi.it/en/artwork/portrait-of-a-young-girl-2/embed/#?secret=F9PKmV45Jd" width="600" height="338" title="“Portrait of a Girl” — Polo Culturale Pietro Aldi" data-secret="F9PKmV45Jd" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.poloaldi.it/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ritratto_di_Fanciulla_Frulli_Pietro_Aldi-1024x851.jpg10248511886 Oil on canvas mounted on wood 17×30 cm Frulli Family Collection The facial features here seem to be the same as the young girl honored with the palette on display here (inv. 57) and in a drawing of 1886 accompanied by an affectionate dedication, suggesting that she was the girl Aldi loved at the end of his life. Precisely because of this reconstruction of history, the pose with her back turned which Aldi chose for this sensitive, affectionate portrait takes on a special sentimental value, showing the young woman in profile as though facing a future without him, almost a foreboding of his approaching death.