Object Details
- original artist
- Gerôme, Jean-Léon
- graphic artist
- Piton, Camille
- Description
- Jean Léon Gérôme (1824–1904) painted this scene of Pifferari or street musicians serenading an unseen image of the Virgin Mary in 1870. Camille Piton etched it for an auction catalog of works from the collection of J. C. Runkle, which were sold on March 8, 1883. The auction was organized by Samuel P. Avery, art dealer and print collector. Pifferari come from the mountains in Calabria, Italy, and from the Abruzzi to play bagpipes and reed instruments like the piffero, a kind of oboe, before images of the Virgin in Rome during the Christmas season. Jean Léon Gérôme was a favorite painter of Stephen Ferris, who named his son after him.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
- 1879
- 1883
- ID Number
- GA.14886
- catalog number
- 14886
- accession number
- 94830
- Object Name
- Object Type
- Etching
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- image: 14 cm x 11.5 cm; 5 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in
- plate: 16 cm x 13.5 cm; 6 5/16 in x 5 5/16 in
- sheet: 30 cm x 22.5 cm; 11 13/16 in x 8 7/8 in
- Related Publication
- Wright, David G.. American Reproductive and Replica Etchings
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Cultures & Communities
- Ferris Collection
- Communications
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Musicians
- Record ID
- nmah_1002414
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-9255-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
