Pescaor (Fishmonger)

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: 27 x 18.4 cm (10 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1992.99.1.ff

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

across bottom in plate: In sti canestri gho del pesse aposta / Da poco prezzo per la povertae, / Che in pescaria se vende quel che costa. (In these wicker baskets I have good fish at a cheap price for poor people; it goes for a high price in the fish-shops); lower right in plate: 32

Wikidata ID

Q75119846

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