Mandolin Player in Popular Costume of Abruzzi, c. 1877/1880

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Medium

pen and brown ink and with brown wash on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 30.1 × 21.2 cm (11 7/8 × 8 3/8 in.)
mount: 33.1 × 23.7 cm (13 1/16 × 9 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

2018.157.1

Artists / Makers

Francesco Paolo Michetti (artist) Italian, 1851 - 1929

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in pen and ink: Al Comm. Sallazzaro / Michetti

Provenance

possibly Demetrio Salazaro [1822 - 1882]; Costanza Bougleux, Gravina di San Giorgio [1851-1908] (her album amicorum). (sale, Christie's, Milan, 4 December 2000, no. 44; unsold). (La Portantina di Mattia Jona, Milan); purchased by NGA 2018.

Associated Names

La Portantina di Mattia Jona

Exhibition History

1994: Omaagi, Marchesa!: acquerelli e disegni nell'album di Costanza Bougleux. Castel dell'Ovo, Naples (4th Biennale internazionale dell'antiquariato 'Antiquari a Napoli'), 1994, no. 52.

Bibliography

1994: Sperken, Christine Farese, et al. Omaggi, Marchesa! Acquerelli e disegni nell'album di Costanza Bougleux. Florence, 1994: no. 52.