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Woman from Ciociaria and Shepherd

Bartolomeo Pinelli

Basic information

ID: Г-IV-1739
Author: Bartolomeo Pinelli
Name: Woman from Ciociaria and Shepherd
Date of creation: 1817
Technique: etching watercolour
Material: paper
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 10.3 x 16.3

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Type: graphic art
Genre: genre art
Provenance: Collection of Faina Tarashchanska (Lviv), 1966

Information about author

Author: Bartolomeo Pinelli
Artist's lifetime: 1781–1835
Country: Italy
Biography: Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781, Rome – 1835, ibid.) was an Italian painter, engraver, and sculptor. He was the son of the ceramist G. B. Pinelli. Bartolomeo was born in the Trastevere district (over the Tiber River). He studied in Bologna and later at the Academy of Saint Luke in Rome. The artist attended the Academy of Felice Giani, an Italian painter of the Neoclassic style, from whom he adopted the drawing style. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Pinelli took an interest in the engravings of the Renaissance, namely in the works by Marcantonio Raimondi, and started making etchings and lithographs out of his drawings. In 1809, Pinelli created his first series of watercolour etchings – Collection of Fifty Picturesque Costumes (Raccolta di Cinquanta Costumi Pittoreschi). The album was reissued in 1814 and 1815. In 1816, a new version of the album under the title New Collection of Fifty Picturesque Costumes (Nuova Raccolta di Cinquanta Costumi Pittoreschi incisi di acqua forte) was released. Most of the Lviv engravings are from this series. The central theme of the artist's work is genre scenes (Costumi), which he saw in Rome and Naples, as well as the provinces of Abruzzo and Molise. Pinelli's engravings are not only of artistic value but also carry important ethnographic information. In the 1820s and 1830s, the artist created drawings and engravings for poems by Torquato Tasso (1827–1829) and the novel "Don Quixote" (1834) by Miguel de Cervantes. One of Pinelli's famous series of drawings is "Seven Hills of Rome" (Sette colli di Roma) (1827–1830). The artist's works are housed in many Italian museums and collections of other countries.

Object description

The work is from the Roman series. The composition is known from the album Nuova Raccolta di Cinquanta Costumi Pittoreschi (New Collection of Fifty Picturesque Costumes) published by Giovanni Scudellari in Rome in 1817. The next version of the engraving with a similar name but a different composition was issued in 1820. The Lviv engraving belongs to the first version. A young woman is sitting on a stone and breastfeeding a baby. Consumed by his thoughts, a shepherd stands beside her and leans on a stick. He wears a black hat, a grey jacket over a red vest, yellow trousers, white stockings, and black shoes. The woman is dressed in a white shirt, a blue vest, and a long pink skirt; there is a wide headscarf on her head, and there are chiocia shoes on her feet. She holds the baby on her knees and looks calmly at the shepherd. The action is taking place on one of the hills. The trees, a citadel on a hill, a mountain top, and a cloudless sky serve as the background of the composition. To the right of the shepherd, there is a rock cliff. This is one of the few works of the Lviv series performed in 1817.
Ciociaria is a region situated south of Rome. It became widely known in the middle of the 20th century due to the novel "La Ciociara"/ "Two Women" by A. Moravia and the film of the same name by V. de Sica.

Inscriptions

In the lower left corner, there is the author's signature in italics: Pinelli, date – 1817, and the place of performance – Roma (illegibly). In the centre of the engraving, under the image, is the work's title Ciociara ed un Pastore. The number "33" is in the upper right corner above the plate.

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