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Europe 1600-1815, Room 2a

Donna popolare della Giudeca Isola di Venezia

Print
circa 1783 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Viero, Theodore (printmaker)
Place of origin
Venice (printed)

Figure of a young woman in a pink dress and embroidered yellow apron with a white shawl over her head and shoulders. In the background is a gondola


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleDonna popolare della Giudeca Isola di Venezia (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
hand-coloured etching and engraving on laid paper
Laid Paper
Printing Ink
Watercolour
Engraving
Etching
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
Costume plate showing the dress of a young, working class Venetian woman; hand-coloured etching and engraving by Theodore Viero; circa 1783; Venice. From 'Raccolta di Stampi che rappresentano Figure ed Abiti di varie nazione'
Physical description
Figure of a young woman in a pink dress and embroidered yellow apron with a white shawl over her head and shoulders. In the background is a gondola
Dimensions
  • Height: 34.9cm (size of sheet)
  • Width: 26.0cm (size of sheet)
  • Height: 28.0cm (size of platemark)
  • Width: 20.0cm (size of platemark)
  • Height: 23.4cm (size of image)
  • Width: 17.6cm (size of image)
Marks and inscriptions
  • Donna popolare della Giudeca Isola da Venezia (Printed in ink below the image)
    Translation
    Working class woman from the Giudeca Island of Venice
  • Femme du peuple d'une Isle de la Ville de Venise (Printed in ink below the image)
    Translation
    Working class woman from an Island of the town of Venice
  • Apud Theodorum Viero Venetiis C.P.E.S. (Printed in ink in the bottom right hand corner of the print within the plate mark)
  • A.48 (Printed in ink in the right hand corner within the platemark)
Associated object
E.5280-1903
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.5321-1903

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O870800/donna-popolare-della-giudeca-isola-print-viero-theodore/
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