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Piazza del Popolo
Piazza del Popolo 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 4 on the lower right. The quality and conditions of preservation of the print are very good, except for some small barely visible stains at the bottom of the paper sheet.
The engraving is very pleasant and fun, representing an animated scene, brilliant colors, and precise hatching. Furthermore, this is a significant work as a folkloric tale of the carefree life in Rome during the Carnival.
Piazza del Popolo 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 4 on the lower right. The quality and conditions of preservation of the print are very good, except for some small barely visible stains at the bottom of the paper sheet.
The Roman Piazza del Popolo is represented during the famous Roman Carnival . In that period, the processions, games, and horse races started from this piazza to end up in Piazza Venezia through Via del Corso. A moment of wait is described, in which the various characters get on and off the stage reserved to the personalities on the right of the image, placed in the center of the Piazza, usually used for executions. Some figures are disguised; the gendarmes are busy controlling and preparing the events. In the foreground, a seller offers his goods followed by a dog.
The engraving is very pleasant and fun, representing an animated scene, brilliant colors, and precise hatching. Furthermore, this is a significant work as a folkloric tale of the carefree life in Rome during the Carnival.
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