Or lieto il Cacciator... (Counting the Bag)
1763
Marco Alvise Pitteri after Pietro Longhi
Artist, Italian, 1702 - 1786
Artist After, Venetian, 1702 - 1785
Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
New Century Fund, Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund and Florian Carr Fund
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Dimensions
plate: 62.6 × 49.6 cm (24 5/8 × 19 1/2 in.)
sheet: 64.2 × 51.1 cm (25 1/4 × 20 1/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2014.176.19
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Catalogue Raisonné
Le Blanc 1854-1888, no. 92
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Series Title
La Caccia in valle (The Hunt in the Valley)
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Cesare Morini, Milan (d. 2013); his widow, Karin Wachtel, Milan; (Stanza del Borgo, Milan); purchased 2014 by NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1854
Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels: no. 92
1922
Ravà, Aldo. Marco Pitteri incisore Veneziano. Florence, 1922: no. 277
Inscriptions
below image in plate: Petrus Longhi pinxit Ven.is ; Marcus Pitteri sculpsit Ven.is; Or lieto il Cacciator di sua fatica / Novera, e parte in un la preda amica / Dividet, et numerat praedam Venator amicam / Gaudia nunc capiens parta labore suo.
Wikidata ID
Q77008049