Costume of Civita Castella – Original Etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli – 1819 1819 for sale at Pamono

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Costume of Civita Castellana is original Hand-colored etching artwork realized by Bartolomeo Pinelli in 1819. Good conditions. Included a white Passepartout: 34 x 49 The artwork represents a family in Costume of Civita Castellana skillfully depicted through soft and precise strokes, the artwork is created with congruous harmonious colors from historical costume evidence. In addition to its intrinsic artistic value, the artist work as an illustrator has a significant documentary significance for the ethnography of Italy and Switzerland. Bartolomeo Pinelli (Rome, November 20, 1781 – Rome, April 1, 1835) was an Italian engraver, painter and ceramist. An extremely prolific graphic artist, it has recently been estimated that he has produced about four thousand engravings and ten thousand drawings. In his prints he illustrated the costumes of the Italian people, the great masterpieces of literature: Virgilio, Dante, Tasso, Ariosto, Cervantes, Manzoni, and subjects of Roman, Greek, Napoleonic history, etc. The most recurring theme in general is Rome, its inhabitants, its monuments, the ancient city and the one that is contemporary to him. He had among his pupils the well-known portrait painter from Gorizia Giuseppe Tominz.