Impizza Ferali (Lamplighter)

published 1753

Gaetano Zompini

Artist, Italian, 1700 - 1778

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving and etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

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

  • Accession

    1992.99.1.oo

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q75119889

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