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="DiTyCTq1jx"><a href="http://www.poloaldi.it/en/artwork/self-portrait-2/">Self-portrait</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="http://www.poloaldi.it/en/artwork/self-portrait-2/embed/#?secret=DiTyCTq1jx" width="600" height="338" title="“Self-portrait” — Polo Culturale Pietro Aldi" data-secret="DiTyCTq1jx" 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/2022/03/28-1024x1020.jpg10241020This work, painted in Rome in 1887, seems to be derived from the Self-portrait in Profile (inv. 46) made in order to include his own image in the festive crowd at the Meeting in Teano painted in the Risorgimento Room of the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena in 1886. The execution on a tambourine has been linked to Aldi’s love of music, but it could also be hypothesized that the soft, velvety texture of the support facilitated the delicate shades of color suitable for expressing the artist’s sentimental nature. Oil on leather tambourine diam. 24 cm Dated, on the left, “Roma 4 Aprile 1887” inv. 28