Bartolomeo Pinelli - Nuova raccolta di cinquanta costumi pittoreschi incisi all'acquaforte - 1817
PINELLI (Bartolomeo) Nuova raccolta di cinquanta costumi pittoreschi incisi all' acquaforte. Dedicati a sua eccellenza Alessandro Narischkin. Roma, Giovanni Scudellari, 1817. 1 octavo volume (25. 5 X 20 cm) , paperback as published, [102] pages (complete) . Pale scattered foxing. Good condition. Illustrated book of 50 etchings depicting the costumes of Roman working-class circles through scenes of life. From the ready preacher to the adventure teller, it is a whole range of people who offer themselves to our eyes in an almost folkloric aspect. The engraver's predilection for the Trastevere district denotes a certain violence of the working-class districts of Rome in the early nineteenth century. Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781-1835) , is an Italian painter, watercolourist, engraver, lithographer, sculptor and draughtsman who was active in the early nineteenth century. A rare copy.
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PINELLI (Bartolomeo) Nuova raccolta di cinquanta costumi pittoreschi incisi all' acquaforte. Dedicati a sua eccellenza Alessandro Narischkin. Roma, Giovanni Scudellari, 1817. 1 octavo volume (25. 5 X 20 cm) , paperback as published, [102] pages (complete) . Pale scattered foxing. Good condition. Illustrated book of 50 etchings depicting the costumes of Roman working-class circles through scenes of life. From the ready preacher to the adventure teller, it is a whole range of people who offer themselves to our eyes in an almost folkloric aspect. The engraver's predilection for the Trastevere district denotes a certain violence of the working-class districts of Rome in the early nineteenth century. Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781-1835) , is an Italian painter, watercolourist, engraver, lithographer, sculptor and draughtsman who was active in the early nineteenth century. A rare copy.
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