Woman from the Village of Pettorano and Fisherman near the Fucine Lake in the Province of l’Aquila in Upper Abruzzo

Bartolomeo Pinelli

Basic information

ID: Г-IV-1727
Author: Bartolomeo Pinelli
Name: Woman from the Village of Pettorano and Fisherman near the Fucine Lake in the Province of l’Aquila in Upper Abruzzo
Date of creation: 1816
Technique: etching watercolour
Material: paper
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 10 x 16

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 composition is known only in one version from the album Nuova Raccolta di Cinquanta Costumi Pittoreschi incisi di acqua forte (New Collection of Fifty Picturesque Costumes), published in Rome in 1816 and replicated in 1817. In the foreground is a girl depicted in a festive national dress typical of the province of Abruzzo and a young fisherman with a fishnet in clumsy clothes. The man is wearing a black hat on his head and the same black boots tied like ciocia. The young man backed off from the beautiful girl dressed in an elegant and embroidered pattern dress, a light green apron, and a long blue skirt. On the girl’s head is an original Neapolitan poke bonnet; on her feet are golden shoes. The girl is easy and confident, pointing at something drawing the fisherman’s attention. The scene occurs in the background of the non-existing Fucine Lake, with a fishing boat on the lake’s surface and a mountain range in sight.
The Fucine Lake (Italian: Lago Fucino) is a lake in the Apennines that overflowed occasionally and flooded the surrounding fields. Julius Caesar planned to drain it. However, it was accomplished only in 1875.

Inscriptions

In the lower right corner, there is the author's signature in italics – Pinelli, the date – 1816, and the place of performance – Roma (illegibly). In the centre of the engraving, under the image, there is the work's title Donna del Paese di Pettorano, Pescatore del Lago Fucino Provincia dell'Aquila Abruzzo Ultra. The number "24" is in the upper right corner above the plate.

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Woman from the Village of Pettorano and Fisherman near the Fucine Lake in the Province of l’Aquila in Upper Abruzzo

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