Antique Master Print-WOMEN-FIGHTING-BOY-Del Pedro-Magiotto-1770

Original antique master print showing two women fighting with one raising a chair to hit the other, a man lies fallen to the floor while a boy rushes to escape at the door. One of a series of unnumbered plates of women fighting after Francesco Maggiotto.

Made by Francesco Petro after Francesco Majotto.

Medium: Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 45.5 x 36.5 cm (17.91 x 14.37 inch). Image size: 41.5 x 33.5 cm. (16.34 x 13.19 inch).

Condition: good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

WOMEN-FIGHTING-BOY | DPO-A2-003-09

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in Italy c. 1770.

Biography engraver: Francesco del Pedro (1749-1806), Italian draughtsman and engraver. Worked in Udine and Venice, mostly for Cavalli.

Biography artist: Francesco Maggiotto (1738-1805), Venetian genre painter. Son and pupil of Domenico.