Water color; Performers of a Commedia dell'Arte
date: label: Date
content: 1827
name: label: Designer
content: Saverio della Gatta, Italian, 1777 - 1829
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. Pulcinella carrying a horn in his right hand and pointing with the left forefinger upon someone, stands upon a podium in front of the corner of a structure in the neighborhood of the Castel Nuovo in Naples. Beside him stands a girl in the attire of a page of the later 16th century and playing violin. Two cloths with paintings hang as posters above the entrance door. Women and children are at right; children, a woman and men, among whom is a Franciscan monk are at left. Framing lines. Signature: "Gatta" at lower right.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-73-15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink and water colors on paper.
label: Dimensions
content: 11.8 × 18.1 cm (4 5/8 × 7 1/8 in.)