Bolognese Street Scene with Various Tradespeople
Francesco Curti, Italian, 1603 - 1670
after Giovanni Maria Tamburini, Italian, active 1640 - 1660
published about 1640-1650
Etching on laid paper
Plate: 5 1/4 × 9 3/16 in. (13.4 × 23.4 cm)
Sheet: 5 13/16 × 9 5/8 in. (14.7 × 24.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Class of 1935 Memorial Fund
2005.49
Portfolio / Series Title
Le virtù et arti essercitate in Bologna (The Talents and Arts Practiced in Bologna)
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, upper left: Filienedah / 110. [above seamstress]; inscribed, in plate, upper left: Lauorare di agucc / hia, et allo ossa [on wall]; inscribed, in plate, upper right: Lauandara; inscribed, in plate, center left: Filiero da lana, [above spinner]; inscribed, in plate, center left: Balia d'allaltare [above wet nurse]; inscribed, in plate, center left: Quel chefa shale [above ladder]; inscribed, in plate, center left: Solfanaro [on clothes of street singer]; inscribed, in plate, center left: Quel lon / traito / pi, [next to man carrying rats]; inscribed, in plate, center: Spazza camino [above chimney sweep]; inscribed, in plate, center: Quel da / la chua / uite [above man pouring wine]; inscribed, in plate, center: A guzza Coltelli [on sharpening stone]; inscribed, in plate, center right: Siufaruolo [above shop door]; inscribed, in plate, center right: Barbiere [above barber's door]; inscribed, in plate, center right: Merciaro [above milliner's shop]; inscribed, in plate, center right: Zaluatin [on cobbler's shoe]; inscribed, in plate, lower left: Gia. m.ar. [a in superscript] inu_; inscribed, in plate, lower right: Azalino offesca, / Quel dall orlighe[indistinct]; Collector's mark, reverse, stamped, in blue ink, lower right: vB [encircled; Lugt 4073]
Course History
ITAL 22, Humanism and Renaissance, Courtney Quaintance, Spring 2014
FRIT 34, Sex and Gender in the Italian Renaissance, Courtney Quaintance, Spring 2015
ITAL 7, Women in Renaissance Venice, Courtney Quaintance, Spring 2015
ANTH 64, The Evolution of Pregnancy, Zaneta Thayer, Spring 2019
ITAL 23, 17th and 18th Century Italian Literature, Nancy Canepa, Spring 2022
ITAL 14.01, Introduction to Italian Culture, Tania Convertini, Fall 2022
ITAL 14.01, Introduction to Italian Culture, Tania Convertini, Fall 2022
Provenance
Susan Schulman Printseller, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 2005.
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