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Luigi Calamatta and Lemercier

L’Italia 1831

1820-1868

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L’Italia 1831

1820-1868

Physical Qualities Crayon lithograph, Image: 163 × 135 mm. (6 7/16 × 5 5/16 in.) Sheet: 223 × 180 mm. (8 3/4 × 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.7916
Allegory of the March 1831 uprising in Italy against the popedom and foreign rule.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris

Inscribed: Inscribed: lower left "Calamatta invt."; lower center "L'ITALIA 1831."; lower right "Lith. de Lemercier"

Markings: None

Artist

Luigi Calamatta

1801–1868

Italian, 1802 - 1869
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Printer

Lemercier

1827–2000

active from 1828
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