Livres
Life of the Whore
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A very nice engraving from the mid seventeenth century, showing a prostitute looking for custom from a musketeer. Tipped onto backing card. We have been unable to locate an identical image, but image search shows a slightly later engraving of identical composition, with the same italian text below, but a much cruder engraving. This example state Cur. Castagna to the bottom left of the image. This is Curtius Castanga, or Casangnia. A hand written note in french, states that this was engraved by Jacques Piccini. Piccini (although his first name was Giacomo) (1617-1669) was a significant Venitian engraver. Interestingly, his daughter Isabella, also became an important engraver, and although she became a nun, continued to work as an engraver to fund her convent, She died at the age of ninety. The hand written note cites Brulliot p 305, #2257. The lower quality image from 1680 was attributed to Joseph Lunghi. The Italian text is "In stato lagrimabile e meschino, Con le brutte ferite in su la faccia, Va col' uaso da l'eglio e non il vino. Con infami esercty ogni hor procaccia, La vita sostenere perfida, et trista, Et vuol cie che ella fè ch'ogni altra faccia." Which seems to translate as "In a tearful and miserable state, With ugly wounds on her face, She goes with the accustomed one and the wine. With infamous exercises every hour she seeks, The life to sustain perfidious, sad, And she wants what she did that every other does." The engraving is in good condition, with a few stains to the bottom edge only. 32cm x 23.5cm. The backing card is 42cm x 30cm. .
350,00 €
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