Fornasetti Tema E Variazioni No. 218 Tray (39Cm X 16Cm)

The face of Lina Cavalieri will not be unfamiliar to those partial to one of Fornasetti's Tema e Variazioni ceramics. The opera singer emerged from the pages of 19th century magazines and became a source of inspiration to Piero Fornasetti, who imagined her in an endless series of portraits. In the case of Tema e Variazion No. 218, Cavalieri's face provides the background for a series of fruit, while Fornasetti's clever use of shadow helps to create a dimension, as if you could bite into one of the apples.