Citadina di Frascatana / Bourgeoise de Frascati

A woman of Frascati, Rome, holding a fan and rosery beads, within a large columned interior.

Plate 23 from the series 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities, engraved by various member of the Moitte family. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean-Baptise Greuze (1725-1805), one of the most important French artists of the 18th century.

Etching and engraving, circa 1765-80, numbered on plate; lettered with producers names, and title, in French and in Italian. From a series of twenty-five plates (a title engraved by Lallemand, and twenty-plates engraved by F. A. Moitte, P. E. Moitte, and R. C. Moitte), representing figures in Italian costumes.

François-Auguste Moitte was the brother of the draftsman and sculptor Jean-Guillaume Moitte. Primarily an engraver, he is best known for his engravings after works by Jean-Baptiste Greuze.

Bibliografia

Smith 1837 / A catalogue raisonné of the works of... Poussin, Claude, Greuze (168).