Beautiful painting, oil on tablet by Emma Ciardi, depicting a gallant scene full of characters Emma Ciardi was born in Venice in 1879. Daughter of art, she was initiated into painting at a young age by her father, Guglielmo Ciardi. Constant presence at the Biennale (from 1903 to 1932, except for the 1927 edition), he travels, carries his Venetian parlance around the world, participates in all the most important international art exhibitions, the most accredited gallery owners offer his their spaces to show her works in Milan, London, Paris, New York, collectors from all over Europe and America buy her paintings, the newspapers speak of her as "among the most