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

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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

Date

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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Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4644879b9-3232-45d9-84b0-a6521942a804

Record ID

chndm_1931-73-12