We are pleased to share with you our exceptional product, which is undoubtedly this Italian aquatint.
This set consists of six maps with modern frames, in good condition, depicting customs and scenes from the folk life of Rome. Specifically, the prints illustrate:
- Pig head vendors on the streets of Rome, commonly known as Triparolo;
- A farmer from Saracinesco with his wife heading to Santo Spirito Hospital;
- Bagpipers at Teatro di Marcello;
- Wagons loaded with coal;
- Bread distribution to farmers at the Flavian Amphitheatre;
- Goat seller.
Each sheet at the bottom left: B. Pinelli dis. and inc. 1831. On the right: Rome at Chalkography General.
Bartolomeo Pinelli (Rome, November 20, 1781 – Rome, April 1, 1835) was an Italian engraver, painter, and ceramist.
Extremely prolific artist, recent estimates suggest he produced around four thousand engravings and ten thousand drawings.
His illustrations depict the customs of Italian peoples, great literary masterpieces, and themes from the history of Rome, Greece, Napoleon, etc. The most recurring theme is Rome, its inhabitants, monuments, ancient and modern city. Among his students was the well-known portraitist from Gorizia, Giuseppe Tominz.
His work as an illustrator, beyond its artistic value, also holds significant documentary importance for the ethnography of Rome, Italy, and Switzerland. Besides his repertoire of images dedicated to Roman customs, he illustrated numerous books, creating cycles inspired by the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, and Greco-Roman mythology. These works most prominently reflect the influence of Neoclassicism.
Period: 1831
Height: 58 cm
Width: 68 cm
Depth: 2 cm
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