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Source Description
Among the "picturesque" sights in Rome at Christmas were the Pifferari, the itinerant musicians who left the hills of their native Calabria to supplement their incomes as shepherds by playing before shrines dedicated to the Virgin Mary.Tapiro, a Spanish artist, shared the vibrant colors of his compatriot Mariano Fortuny y Marsal.
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Document identity
localId
4457
label
Two Pifferari
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
4457
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Two Pifferari
description
Among the "picturesque" sights in Rome at Christmas were the Pifferari, the itinerant musicians who left the hills of their native Calabria to supplement their incomes as shepherds by playing before shrines dedicated to the Virgin Mary.Tapiro, a Spanish artist, shared the vibrant colors of his compatriot Mariano Fortuny y Marsal.
provenance
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1870-1879
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
watercolors (paintings)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
14.7
height
10.6
dimensionsRaw
Overall: H: 5 13/16 × W: 4 3/16 in. (14.7 × 10.6 cm)Framed: H: 17 7/8 × W: 16 13/16 × D: 1 5/8 in. (45.4 × 42.7 × 4.1 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] Lower left: J Tapiro
med
watercolor on paper
creator_ids
2228
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
429
404
432
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
86c53f75d63a1da9