Water color; Two peasants dancing to the music of bagpipe and horn

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Designer
Saverio della Gatta, Italian, 1777 - 1829
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Horizontal rectangle. Two male peasants dance in front of a cask (butt), upon which a man sits, a boy stands. A man blows a bagpipe, another a recorder. Two women stand; a third sits looking on at right. Mountainous country with a town at right. Framing lines. Signature: "Gatta 1827."
Credit Line
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
1827
Accession Number
1931-73-12
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Pen and black ink and water colors on wove paper.
Dimensions
11.9 × 18.2 cm (4 11/16 × 7 3/16 in.)
made in
Italy
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1931-73-12
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4644879b9-3232-45d9-84b0-a6521942a804
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