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Pifferari Playing before a Shrine of the Virgin

John Gadsby Chapman and Giuseppe Spithöver

Pifferari Playing before a Shrine of the Virgin

1851

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Pifferari Playing before a Shrine of the Virgin

1851

Physical Qualities Etching, engraving, and roulette, Sheet: 342 x 236 mm. (13 7/16 x 9 5/16 in.) Plate: 303 x 225 mm. (11 15/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1984.81.2858
Same as 1946.112.11110
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1946; T. Harrison Garrett, 1885; James L. Claghorn
Campbell, William P., National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 'John Gadsby Chapman: Painter and Illustrator,' Dec. 16, 1962-Jan. 13, 1963, no. 49, ill. p. 17.
Baker, William S., American Engravers and their Works, Philadelphia: Gebbie & Barrie, 1875, p. 27.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: RECTO: In plate, LR below image: 'J.G. Chapman fecit, Roma 1852.'; in plate, BC: 'ROMA: presso Giuseppe Spithover, Piazza di Spagna N.55.'; BR (pencil): 'WSB No2 P.28.'; BR Corner (pencil, in diamond): '4708'.

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John Gadsby Chapman

1807–1888

American, 1808-1889
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