Un Canestro sul capo e un peso enorme; E col vizio sul core anche si dorme (after Giuseppe Zais)
Fabio Berardi (1728 - 1788)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
paper
Measurements
510 x 600 mm
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286616
Summary
Etching, Un Canestro sul capo e un peso enorme; E col vizio sul core anche si dorme (after Giuseppe Zais) by Fabio Berardi (1728-1788). Entitled 'Un canestro sul capo e un peso enorme; E col vizio sul core anche si dorme'. River scene with a woman holding a pile of washing on her head in the foreground, another with a boy, sitting on the ground. Men fish in the river and in the background are buildings with towers. Inscribed in ink on back 'Old Engraving'.
Marks and inscriptions
Old Engraving (in ink on the back)
Makers and roles
Fabio Berardi (1728 - 1788), engraver (printmaker) after Giuseppe Zais (Forno di Canale 1709 - Treviso 1781), artist