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Original artist:
Gerôme, Jean-Léon  Search this
Graphic artist:
Piton, Camille  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements:
image: 14 cm x 11.5 cm; 5 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in
plate: 16 cm x 13.5 cm; 6 5/16 in x 5 5/16 in
sheet: 30 cm x 22.5 cm; 11 13/16 in x 8 7/8 in
Object Name:
print
Object Type:
Etching
Date made:
1879
1883
Description:
Jean Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) painted this scene of <I>Pifferari</I> or street musicians serenading an unseen image of the Virgin Mary in 1870. Camille Piton etched it for an auction catalog of works from the collection of J. C. Runkle, which were sold on March 8, 1883. The auction was organized by Samuel P. Avery, art dealer and print collector. Pifferari come from the mountains in Calabria, Italy, and from the Abruzzi to play bagpipes and reed instruments like the piffero, a kind of oboe, before images of the Virgin in Rome during the Christmas season. Jean Léon Gérôme was a favorite painter of Stephen Ferris, who named his son after him.
Location:
Currently not on view
Subject:
Musicians  Search this
Related Publication:
Wright, David G.. American Reproductive and Replica Etchings
Credit Line:
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
ID Number:
GA.14886
Catalog number:
14886
Accession number:
94830
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Music & Musical Instruments
Cultures & Communities
Ferris Collection
Communications
Art
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-9255-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1002414