Villino Corbignano Italy 1935 (Florence)

Painting

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Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens

Name/Title

Villino Corbignano Italy 1935 (Florence)

Entry/Object ID

SHH 1.74

Description

Front of two story Italian Villa set on a hillside; villa is L-shaped with open loggia on front (center of painting), round columns support roof (all roofs with halfround red tile surface), grapevine growth up columns and across roof line. All windows with green colored shutters; building is pale yellow. Formal terrace or garden in front foreground; to right in foreground, stone urn on stone base; steps to right side of villa leading up hillside which is located on right side of background; large dark green cyprus tree borders right side of canvas; two additional pale yellow buildings at top of hill; hillside covered with pale green bushes, and hillside outlined against sky with tall green cyprus trees; pale blue sky. In foreground, main villa extends off left side of canvas.

Type of Painting

Easel

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil, Canvas

Collection

PERMANENT COLLECTION

Cataloged By

DD

Category

Painted by Gertrude Seiberling

Acquisition

Accession

SHH-Original

Source or Donor

Seiberling Heirs

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Seiberling, Gertrude Penfield

Role

Artist

Date made

1935

Place

City

Akron

State/Province

Ohio

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

Lower right corner

Transcription

G.F.P Seiberling. Label on back reads: Villino Corbignano, Italy, 1935, Florence

Notes

Maker´s Mark: Label on reverse removed.

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Image Size: 20" x 24"

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Provenance

Notes

Gertrude traveled to Italy twice in 1935. Once is March and April on a tourist trip with F.A. to see sites around the Mediterranean and visit Franklin who was living abroad and the second time in September 1935 when she sailed over to pick up Franklin who was seriously ill and bring him back to Akron

General Notes

Note

This is one of 25 paintings used in the 2008 exhibit "A Period of Perspective - The Art of Gertrude Penfield Seiberling" in the Music Room at Stan Hywet. The majority of these paintings were not framed, and some weren't on stretchers. Thus, new frames were added for the exhibit by Akron Center for Art & Framing, 1915 W. Market St, Akron, OH. Reframed in March 2019 at Akrona Galleries (1765 W Market St, Akron, OH 44313) for 2019 season's exhibition on Gertrude's artwork.

Created By

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Create Date

June 18, 1997

Updated By

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Update Date

June 9, 2026