An itinerant medicine vendor on stage promoting his wares with the aid of a guitarist to an amused audience. Colour soft-ground etching by W.W. Ryland, 1773, after F. Albani, 164-.

  • Francesco Albani
Date:
1773
Reference:
20452i
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Description

The people in the audience include the painters Giovanni Lanfranco (far left), Sisto Badalocchio (third from left, with hat and long hair), Francesco Giovanni Gessi (dwarf-like figure, centre), Giacomo Cavedone (third from right), Alessandro Tiarini (second from right)

Publication/Creation

[England] : CR edid.t, 1773.

Physical description

1 print : soft-ground etching, printed in sanguine

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References note

R. Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen, Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1865, p. 2, no. 10 ("Carricatur auf des Meisters Kunstgenossen. Rothstein. J. Richardson Samml. W. W. Ryland sc. Br. 11" 3'"., H. 7" 8"'. Rogers, Collection 63.")

Reference

Wellcome Collection 20452i

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