Il Corso 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 title is engraved on plate on the lower center, and the print is numbered 10 on the lower right. The quality and conditions of preservation of the print are very good, except for some small spread stains and a thin barely perceivable tear of the paper on the lower margin at the center.

The engraving shows therefore a pleasant and fun scene, with a dynamic composition. This piece is unusual and precious documentation of the history and folklore in Rome in the XIX century.

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Il Corso 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 title is engraved on plate on the lower center, and the print is numbered 10 on the lower right. The quality and conditions of preservation of the print are very good, except for some small spread stains and a thin barely perceivable tear of the paper on the lower margin at the center.

The engraving represents the Roman crowd walking along Via del Corso during the Carnival, a period of carefreeness and lightness for the Romans since antiquity. The events and public games took place right on Via del Corso, where many Roman citizens of any extraction used to meet up in costumes, just like they are represented in this piece.

The scene is animated and picturesque. Disguised men and women fall prey to the euphoria of the event, where anything is licit: fools, pranks, wine, promiscuity, though under the supervision of many gendarmes. On the background, the open workshop of a vintner.

The engraving shows therefore a pleasant and fun scene, with a dynamic composition. This piece is unusual and precious documentation of the history and folklore in Rome in the XIX century.

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SKU
M-101726
Artist
Hyalmar Morner
Typology
Original Prints
Technique
Etching, Watercolour
Period
1800-1849
Conditions
Good (minor cosmetic wear)
Dimensions (cm)
38.2 x 0.1 x 54.5
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