Roman Costume

Roman Costume  is an original Hand-colored etching artwork realized by  Bartolomeo Pinelli  in 1819.

Signed by the artist on the plate, dated lower left "Roma, 1819", titled in Italian on the lower center.

Good conditions.

Included a white Passepartout: 34 x 49

The artwork represents a family with a little child in traditional Roman costume,   skillfully depicted through soft and precise strokes, the artwork is created with congruous harmonious colors from historical costume evidence. In addition to its intrinsic artistic value, the artist's work as an illustrator has a significant documentary significance in the ethnography of Italy and Switzerland. Bartolomeo Pinelli (Rome, November 20, 1781 - Rome, April 1, 1835) was an Italian engraver, painter and ceramist. An extremely prolific graphic artist, it has recently been estimated that he has produced about four thousand engravings and ten thousand drawings.

In his prints he illustrated the costumes of the Italian people, the great masterpieces of literature: Virgilio, Dante, Tasso, Ariosto, Cervantes, Manzoni, and subjects of Roman, Greek, Napoleonic history, etc. The most recurring theme in general is Rome, its inhabitants, its monuments, the ancient city and the one that is contemporary to him. He had among his pupils the well-known portrait painter from Gorizia Giuseppe Tominz.