Il Carnevale di Roma

Il Carnevale di Roma is a beautiful etching and hand-colored gouache, finely engraved on copper and printed on laid paper. The work, which presents a remarkable quality of strokes and brilliant colors, is unsigned, but it is part of the 20 plates engraved in 1820 by the Swedish artist Carl Gustaf Hjalmar Mörner (or umo?rner) during his stay in Rome, certainly influenced by the style and manner of the coeval folkloric prints made by Bartolomeo Pinelli (cfr. Hermanin F., Una collezione di stampe e disegni dell’antico carnevale romano , Bollettino d’Arte, Rome, year I, January 1907, p. 28, cit.).

The quality and conditions of preservation of the print are very good, except for two small dark stains on the upper margin of the paper sheet and a small ink defect on the right edge of the image.

The print is very fun and animated, engraved and then painted with pleasantness in the strokes and brightness in the hues. An important piece telling in detail the atmosphere in Rome during the Carnival period.

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Il Carnevale di Roma is a beautiful etching and hand-colored gouache, finely engraved on copper and printed on laid paper. The work, which presents a remarkable quality of strokes and brilliant colors, is unsigned, but it is part of the 20 plates engraved in 1820 by the Swedish artist Carl Gustaf Hjalmar Mörner (or umo?rner) during his stay in Rome, certainly influenced by the style and manner of the coeval folkloric prints made by Bartolomeo Pinelli (cfr. Hermanin F., Una collezione di stampe e disegni dell’antico carnevale romano , Bollettino d’Arte, Rome, year I, January 1907, p. 28, cit.).

The quality and conditions of preservation of the print are very good, except for two small dark stains on the upper margin of the paper sheet and a small ink defect on the right edge of the image.

The work is a fun and picturesque representation of the famous Roman Carnival, a period of carefreeness and play for the inhabitants of the city. In the center of the image, a mask workshop is indicated by a large sign with the writing that gave the title to this engraving. Inside the workshop, some people are trying some clothes and wigs on. Outside the workshop, on the background, some gendarmes on horses play trumpets and keep the situation at the event under control. In the foreground, some disguised characters have fun whilst fooling and tricking the passers-by.  Two pets take part in the general euphoria. On the sides, as if attached to the walls, some posters announce the performances and events of the city during the Carnival .

The print is very fun and animated, engraved and then painted with pleasantness in the strokes and brightness in the hues. An important piece telling in detail the atmosphere in Rome during the Carnival period.

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SKU
M-101723
Artist
Hyalmar Morner
Typology
Original Prints
Technique
Etching, Watercolour
Period
1800-1849
Conditions
Good (minor cosmetic wear)
Dimensions (cm)
38.5 x 0.1 x 54.4
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