Plate 6: butchers, market sellers, etc., from "Virtù ed Arti Esercitate in Bologna" (Trades of Bologna)

ca. 1650

Not on view

From a series of nineteen prints relating to the arts and crafts of Bologna (the Met has fifteen). Curti's series is the first devoted to the Trades of Bologna and was probably inspired by Annibale Carracci's drawings of tradesmen that were rendered in prints by G. M. Mitelli and Simon Guillain II (Met has both sets).

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Title: Plate 6: butchers, market sellers, etc., from "Virtù ed Arti Esercitate in Bologna" (Trades of Bologna)
Series/Portfolio: Virtù ed Arti Esercitate in Bologna (Trades of Bologna)
Artist: Francesco Curti (Italian, 1603–1670)
Artist: After Giovanni Maria Tamburini (Italian, active ca. 1640–1660)
Date: ca. 1650
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 5 5/16 × 9 3/16 in. (13.5 × 23.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Object Number: 51.501.1267(4)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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