Bartolomeo Crivellari 'Scenes of Court Life' Engravings XVIII Century - Scenes of Court Life

Features

Artist:  Bartolomeo Crivellari (1716-1777)

Artwork title:  Quattro incisioni con scene di corte

Age:  18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Subject:  Genre Scenes

Artistic technique:  Printing

Technical specification:  Engraving

Description : Quattro incisioni con scene di corte

The four engravings are taken from the frescoes painted by Nicolò dell'Abate for the Concert Hall of Palazzo Poggi in Bologna. The scenes were later included in the volume "The paintings of Pellegrino Tibaldi and Niccolò Abbati existing in the Institute of Bologna described and illustrated by Giampietro Zanotti Secretary of the Clementina Academy", Venice 1756. They depict four convivial moments of court life and precisely (from left to right): - The game of tarot cards - The banquet - Concert with a singer accompanied by a harp, lute and wind instrument - Concert of viola da gamba, lute and spinet players. The engravings bear the name of the painter at the bottom left, and the name of the engraver Bartolomeo Crivellari at the right, author of numerous engravings by Bolognese masters of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The engravings, which require restoration, are inserted in a single wooden frame from the late nineteenth century.

Product Condition:
Product in good condition, shows small signs of wear. We try to present the real condition as completely as possible with the photos. If some details are not clear from the photos, what is reported in the description is valid.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 40
Width: 180,5
Depth: 2

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 30
Width: 40