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Man and Women from the Village of Civitavecchia in the Province of Contrado di Molise

Bartolomeo Pinelli

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Basic information
ID
Г-IV-1745
Author
Bartolomeo Pinelli
Name
Man and Women from the Village of Civitavecchia in the Province of Contrado di Molise
Date of creation
1816
Technique
etching watercolour
Material
paper
Dimensions (height x width, cm)
10 x 16.2
Additionally
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 Neapolitan series. The composition is known from the album Raccolta di Cinquanta Costumi li più interesanti delle città, terre e paesi in provincie diverse del Regno di Napoli disegnati ed incisi all'acquaforte da Bartolomeo Pinelli Romano (Collection of Fifty Most Interesting Picturesque Costumes from Cities, Towns and Villages of Different Provinces of the Kingdom of Naples), published in Rome in 1816. Previously, in 1814, the engraving was issued in the album of the same name, but it was in a square frame. A young woman is depicted in festive clothing, carrying an Easter basket in her hands. She met a playing guitarist who was sitting on a massive boulder on the church road; his dog was depicted standing nearby. The girl is wearing a yellow and pink dress with a light ornamented apron; her head is covered with a headscarf; on her feet are red shoes. A man is dressed in blue clothing. A black hat is on his head, and on his feet are black shoes with blue tops similar to jackboots. On the stone next to him, a stick and a bright red drapery cover some objects, attracting the viewer's attention. The action is taking place on one of the hills. Low trees, a mountain range, and clouds in the sky serve as the background of the composition.
Civitavecchia is a mountain village in the province of Molise (it must not be confused with the Roman port of the same name).
Inscriptions
In the lower right corner, there is the author's signature Pinelli written in italics, date – 1816, and the place of performance – Roma (illegibly). In the centre of the engraving, under the image, is the work's title Uomo, e Donna del' Paese di Civitavecchia, Provincia Contrado di Molise. The number "36" is in the upper right corner above the plate.
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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