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The Lady of the Peanuts...

Cimitero Monumentale di Staglieno

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The Lady of the Peanuts sent on March 15, 2025 (12:32) by CarloAvi. 16 comments, 182 views. [retina]

at 27mm, 1/80 f/20.0, ISO 400, hand held. Cimitero Monumentale di Staglieno, Italy.

Caterina Campodonico, la Signora delle Noccioline, forse la statua più famosa del Cimitero e con questo scatto chiudo la prima parte del tour "Cimiteriale". Come molte donne dell'Ottocento si sposò giovanissima, ma il marito si rivelò presto un nullafacente, violento e dedito all'alcool. Caterina decise così di dare una svolta alla propria vita e fece qualcosa che può risultare comune ai giorni nostri ma che, in realtà, a quell'epoca fu una specie di scandalo: lasciò il marito e si emancipò, diventando una commerciante ambulante di noccioline, che si muoveva in autunomia per vendere la sua merce, dal quartiere centrale di Portoria, fino alle zone dell'Acquasanta, san Cipriano e del Garbo, in Valpolcevera. La statua che la ritrae è ricca di particolari, dall'intracato scialle appoggiato sulle spalle, all'acconciatura, alla collana di noccioline e ciambelle che porta con sé, fino alle mani, usurate dall'età e dal duro lavoro. Si dice che fosse molto avara, in realtà era una donna benestante, la classica zia ricca, che però venne abbandonata da tutti i famigliari, a causa del sua attitudine indipendente giudicata poco consona agli standard di comportamento dell'epoca. In tarda età si ammalò e gli eredi tornarono al suo capezzale, sperando di ereditare, ma lei si riprese, si rimise in piedi e si rivolse a Lorenzo Orengo, artista in voga all'epoca, e spese tutti i suoi soldi per farsi costruire la statua visibile oggi, lasciando a bocca asciutta gli avidi eredi.



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sent on March 15, 2025 (14:43) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Also splendid this grainy black and white of the author Carlo

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sent on March 15, 2025 (18:53) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)


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sent on March 15, 2025 (19:03) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

The marble and the photo restore all the importance and solemnity of the time that has passed.
... thanks for the explanation ... like a good Genoese! :-)
Hello Charles

avatarsenior
sent on March 15, 2025 (19:43) | This comment has been translated

Cool

avatarsenior
sent on March 21, 2025 (20:21)

mastery, congratulations and best regards

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sent on March 22, 2025 (12:11) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

hello Warszawski, thank you for the passage and the comment that I appreciate very
much have a good day and have a nice weekend
Carlo

avatarsupporter
sent on March 31, 2025 (18:13)

Sono bellissimo tutte, anche quella colorata stupendo pdr, complimenti Carlo Un saluto dá Peter

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sent on April 01, 2025 (14:17) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

hello Peter, thank you very much for the appreciation, I'm glad you liked them
I wish you a good day, hello
Carlo

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sent on April 26, 2025 (18:54) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

This portrait is wonderful! I dealt with the statues of Staglieno as part of an Erasmus Project of my high school when I was teaching Literature in Carrara, aimed at identifying the presence and influence of the artists of the capital of marble all over the world, therefore also at the Monumentale in Genoa.
Here the artist is Genoese, but the beautiful statue was still one of the many examined for a study of the customs of the time, with the intention of also grasping the evident differences between the statuary of the past and that of more recent years.
Beyond everything, pleasant episodes of the visit to Staglieno with my students, whom I remember with so much affection and sympathy, and of the Project, which involved me so much, resurfaced; so thank you!
The image is very beautiful, with a pleasant grain that makes it very realistic.
Sincere congratulations and see you soon!
Elizabeth :-)

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sent on April 26, 2025 (20:24) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

I looked for her but I didn't find her, at least to honor such a stubborn woman.
Great job Carlo
A warm greeting

avatarsenior
sent on April 27, 2025 (17:23) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Hi Elisabetta, thank you for stopping by and commenting fluently but above all consciously on my shot, and in this regard I ask you (hoping that your research has also included the materials), if it is possible that Orengo used "soft" marble and, consequently, the deterioration of the sculpture which is not subject to rain showers but only to temperature and light excursions; all this because in this shot I have not done any particular PP processing and the grain you see is how it presents itself to the viewer.
Thank you again, it's always a pleasure to "hear from you", I wish you a good evening
Carlo

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sent on April 27, 2025 (17:48) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

hello Renato, thank you, I really appreciate your compliments
I give you the directions
is located in the Lower Portico to the West, entering from the main entrance (the one on the stream side), here is the site with the map (look in the blue indicators, it is the first on the top left side to the ochre ones) it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimitero_monumentale_di_Staglieno#/map/1
Hell
and thank you again, have a good evening
Carlo

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sent on April 27, 2025 (18:34) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Thank you Carlo!

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sent on April 27, 2025 (18:55) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

Hi Carlo, unfortunately I don't know how to answer you; Ours was an investigation that concerned other aspects, essentially customary, and moreover I do not possess the necessary technical skills to give you an exhaustive answer. In our Project each teacher (Italian, art and history) dealt with a certain sector, but they were still students of classical and scientific high schools, so the more exquisitely technical part (in reference to materials) was not taken into consideration, if not summarily, as far as I remember.
Hello, have a good evening
Elisabetta

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sent on April 27, 2025 (19:19) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

of nothing Renato
again good evening

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sent on April 27, 2025 (19:19) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)

thank you Elizabeth, too bad, I didn't find anything; who knows, maybe the joke I said to Simone "maybe because the sculptor saved on the quality of the marble, after all he was a Genoese too and the Genoese know..." was the truth :-)
hello again and good evening
Carlo




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