Street Musicians

Description:

Jean Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) painted this scene of Pifferari or street musicians serenading an unseen image of the Virgin Mary in 1870. Camille Piton etched it for an auction catalog of works from the collection of J. C. Runkle, which were sold on March 8, 1883. The auction was organized by Samuel P. Avery, art dealer and print collector. Pifferari come from the mountains in Calabria, Italy, and from the Abruzzi to play bagpipes and reed instruments like the piffero, a kind of oboe, before images of the Virgin in Rome during the Christmas season. Jean Léon Gérôme was a favorite painter of Stephen Ferris, who named his son after him.

Date Made: 18791883

Original Artist: Gerôme, Jean-LéonGraphic Artist: Piton, Camille

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: Musicians

Subject:

See more items in: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts, Music & Musical Instruments, Cultures & Communities, Ferris Collection, Communications, Art

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Related Publication: Wright, David G.. American Reproductive and Replica Etchings

Credit Line: Jean Leon Gerome Ferris

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: GA.14886Catalog Number: 14886Accession Number: 94830

Object Name: printObject Type: Etching

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)Measurements: image: 14 cm x 11.5 cm; 5 1/2 in x 4 1/2 inplate: 16 cm x 13.5 cm; 6 5/16 in x 5 5/16 insheet: 30 cm x 22.5 cm; 11 13/16 in x 8 7/8 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-9255-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1002414

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