Impizza Ferali (Lamplighter), published 1753

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series Title

Le Arti che vanno per via nella Città di Venezia

Medium

engraving and etching on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 26.6 x 18.3 cm (10 1/2 x 7 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1992.99.1.oo

Artists / Makers

Gaetano Zompini (artist) Italian, 1700 - 1778

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Inscription

across bottom in plate: Quando scomenza el scuro ogni contrada / Gha qua, e la i so ferali; e mi li impizzo, / E tuta la Cità xe inluminada. (When dusk falls, I hang up my lamps in every street, and the whole city is illuminated); lower right in plate: 41

Provenance

(Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London, England); purchase 1992, by NGA

Associated Names

Quaritch Ltd., Bernard