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Jules Joseph Lefebvre (FRENCH 1836–1911)

Sold for £2,600 at Chiswick Auctions on Nov 8, 2022.

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JULES JOSEPH LEFEBVRE (FRENCH 1836–1911) JULES JOSEPH LEFEBVRE (FRENCH 1836–1911) Fiammetta (Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta) signed (upper right ) and titled FIAMMETTA (upper left) oil on canvas 60 x 50 cm Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta, or The Elegy of Lady Fiammetta, is a novel by the Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio, probably written between 1343 and 1344. Written in the form of a first-person confessional monologue, it describes the protagonist, Fiammetta's, passion for Panfilo, a Florentine merchant, and takes place in Naples. It has been characterised as the first psychological novel in Western literature. It consists of a prologue and nine chapters.

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