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c. 1764-1770

Giovanni Volpato (Italian, 1735–1803) After a painting by Francesco Maggiotto (also known as Francesco Fedeli) (Italian, 1738–1805) Published by the Remondini, Bassano del Grappa, Italy (active mid- 17th century to 1860)

In this idyllic scene, a young man plays a stringed instrument for his enthralled beloved. His pose and costume are derived from paintings of pastoral landscapes by sixteenth-century Venetian masters. The young woman holds a ventola or ventarola, a fan consisting of a piece of paper or fabric attached to a stick. Popular in Venice beginning in the Renaissance, ventola were often decorated with love poems or romantically themed prints. Eighteenth-century print publishers, such as the Remondini family, produced images specifically for these fans, which were then sold by vendors.

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Object Details

Titles:

Summer
From the series The Four Seasons

Date:

c. 1764-1770

Artists:

Giovanni Volpato (Italian, 1735–1803) After a painting by Francesco Maggiotto (also known as Francesco Fedeli) (Italian, 1738–1805) Published by the Remondini, Bassano del Grappa, Italy (active mid- 17th century to 1860)

Medium:

Etching and engraving

Dimensions:

Plate: 14 7/8 x 18 9/16 inches (37.8 x 47.2 cm) Sheet: 15 9/16 x 19 5/8 inches (39.6 x 49.9 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the John S. Phillips bequest of 1876 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman, gifts (by exchange) of Lisa Norris Elkins, Bryant W. Langston, Samuel S. White 3rd and Vera White, with additional funds contributed by John Howard McFadden, Jr., Thomas Skelton Harrison, and the Philip H. and A.S.W. Rosenbach Foundation, 1985

Accession Number:

1985-52-32876

Geography:

Made in Venice, Italy, Europe

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