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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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