1859 Grenaa ‐ 1941 Fredensborg
“Pergola in Ravello”, 1926
50 x 70 cm
Oil on canvas
Fine Art
Galerie Paffrath
Sold 2020 (19,800 €)
Under the light-flooded “Pergola in Ravello”, more precisely in the Palazzo Afflitto, which was later to house the Hotel Belvedere, an Italian woman with a basket of flowers and her child is standing in the wide aisle. Thickly overgrown with flowers and bushes, the stone walls with the mighty columns lead up a staircase. Covered by the wooden frames that rest on the pillars on which the plants are entwined. There are still some flower pots on the wall. Especially pink and white roses and plants bloom in the corridor. Mönsted succeeds in capturing the fresh and warm atmosphere of southern Italy and capturing it on the screen with unsurpassed mastery.