![Contadina Di Bolognese. 10 [Parallel text in French.]](jpegs/38721.jpg)
Contadina Di Bolognese. 10 [Parallel text in French.]
J.B. Greuze del. Moitte Sculp.
[n.d., c.1768.]
Engraving. Platemark: 300 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Very large margins.
A rustic interior with a peasent woman of Bologna, seated, spinning yarn using a drop spindle. A bird cage hangs from the ceiling above. Plate 10 from the series 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities, engraved by various member of the Moitte family. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean-Baptise Greuze (1725-1805), one of the most important French artists of the 18th century.
[Ref: 38721] £260.00
[n.d., c.1768.]
Engraving. Platemark: 300 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Very large margins.
A rustic interior with a peasent woman of Bologna, seated, spinning yarn using a drop spindle. A bird cage hangs from the ceiling above. Plate 10 from the series 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities, engraved by various member of the Moitte family. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean-Baptise Greuze (1725-1805), one of the most important French artists of the 18th century.
[Ref: 38721] £260.00