Silvano Caselli (Florence 1921 - ) was not new to a work that presupposed the portrait of a famous person.
From the beginning of his career he had already painted quite a bit of great famous characters, and he had the necessary sympathy and patience to resist any pressure, impatience or anger of these great figures.
This was also one of the reasons, in addition to his undoubted ability to portray the inner character of his subjects, for which he was entrusted with the work of executing the painting by Maria Callas, who was already well known in terms of impatience and anger outbursts ...
