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Artist:
Saverio della Gatta, Italian, 1777 - 1829  Search this
Medium:
Brush and watercolor on paper
Dimensions:
19.4 × 25.5 cm (7 5/8 × 10 1/16 in.)
Type:
figures
Drawing
Object Name:
Drawing
Made in:
Italy
Date:
1828
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
In the middle distance at left sits a woman upon a stone, "Donna di Nicastro." In the center is a group of three women, one holding a spinning stick, the others discoursing with each other. At right, a man with a gun. "Vomo, e Donne di Garaffa Albanesi." At right is a woman with a wooden bakery shovel. "Fornara Albanese." In mountainous country.
Credit Line:
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
Accession Number:
1931-73-8
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4ee35ea30-8ad8-4267-bac1-92850b21726e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1931-73-8