Modigliani - La belle romaine Nude sitting on a Divan

This series of nudes was commissioned by Modigliani's dealer and

friend Leopold Zborowski, who lent the artist use of his apartment,

supplied models and painting materials, and paid him between fifteen

and twenty francs each day for his work. The paintings from this

arrangement were thus different from his previous depictions of friends

and lovers in that they were funded by Zborowski either for his own

collection, as a favor to his friend, or with an eye to their "commercial