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Man with slaughtered pig, Street vendors in Bologna, L'Arti Per Via, print, album page, A man walking to the right with a slaughtered pig on his back. Italian verse in lower margin., printmaker: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Bologna, after design by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, after design by Annibale Carracci, Italy, publisher: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, 1660, Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Annibale Carracci, printmaker, publisher, paper, etching, pen, worked with pen in brown, height 280 mm x width 191 mm, Unclear letters in the caption have been worked with pen in brown. On verso a counterprint of another print from the same series by Mitelli., butcher, slaughterman, slaughtered ox or pig, street-trader, 'cris de Paris', cries of London, A pen-and-ink drawing shows a person seen from the side carrying a large animal over their shoulders; the animal’s body drapes along the person’s back with its legs hanging down and its head resting near the person’s hand. The person wears loose, knee-length breeches and a jacket with rolled sleeves, and their legs and simple shoes are visible as they walk. The scene includes a stone wall with a rectangular opening on the left and a ground surface with small scattered stones and a cloth or sack near the bottom edge. Fine crosshatching and line work render folds in fabric, fur texture on the animal, and the stonework.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B26_223

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Keywords

Man slaughtered pig Street vendors Bologna L'Arti Via print album page man walking right back Italian verse lower margin printmaker Giuseppe Maria Mitelli design Annibale Carracci Italy publisher 1660 paper etching pen worked brown height 280 mm x width 191 mm Unclear letters caption verso counterprint another print series Mitelli butcher slaughterman slaughtered ox pig street-trader cris de Paris cries London pen- -ink drawing person side carrying large animal shoulders animal’s body drapes person’s back legs hanging down head resting near person’s hand person wears loose knee-length breeches jacket rolled sleeves simple shoes visible walk scene includes stone wall rectangular opening left ground surface small scattered stones cloth sack near bottom edge Fine crosshatching line work render folds fabric fur texture animal stonework