Rosina Ferrara (1861–1934) was an Italian artist's model from the island of Capri, who became the favorite muse of American expatriate artist John Singer Sargent. Captivated by her exotic beauty, a variety of 19th-century artists, including Charles Sprague Pearce, Frank Hyde, and George Randolph Barse, made works of art of her. Ferrara was featured in the 2003 art exhibit "Sargent's Women" at New York City's Adelson Galleries, as well as in the book Sargent's Women published that year.
Frank Hyde, Rosina, c. 1880. Rosina reclined sensually on a couch, clad in a seductive classical toga while another young girl performs on a flute
John Singer Sargent, A Capriote, 1878
John Singer Sargent, Rosina Ferrara, Head of Anacapri Girl, 1878, Berger Collection Educational Trust. Sargent, who gave the work to Frank Hyde, made an inscription in the lower right-hand corner of the painting.
John Singer Sargent, Rosina, 1878, depicting Ferrara
Capri is an island located in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Sorrento Peninsula, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples in the Campania region of Italy. The largest settlement on the island is the town of Capri. The island has been a resort since the time of the Roman Republic.
View from Termini
The remains of Villa Jovis, built by emperor Tiberius and completed in AD 27
Certosa di San Giacomo, a Carthusian monastery founded in 1363
In 1909–1911 Maxim Gorky lived on Capri at villa Behring (burgundy).
