Plate 2 depicting the trades of Rome, here including vendors of fish, sieves, candles etc, from the 'Descrición de las artes que se llaman para los calles de la ciudad de Roma'
ca. 1770–1800
Medium
Engraving with hand coloring
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 15 3/16 in. (24.5 × 38.5 cm) Plate (Top): 2 3/4 × 12 in. (7 × 30.5 cm) Plate (Bottom): 2 15/16 × 12 in. (7.5 × 30.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Ann and Matthew Nimetz Gift, 2022
Accession Number
2022.72
Art Historical Context
This engaging engraving, Plate 2 from the series *Descripción de las artes que se llaman para los calles de la ciudad de Roma*, captures the lively street commerce of 18th-century Rome. It portrays vendors offering fish, sieves, candles, and other everyday goods, illustrating the trades that filled the city’s bustling thoroughfares. Created around 1770–1800 by Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla and published by Remondini, the work preserves a vivid record of urban life and the itinerant sellers whose calls once animated Rome’s neighborhoods. The medium—an engraving enhanced with hand coloring—allowe...