Working Peasant
Medium
figures
Classification
figures
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Accession Number
1901-39-556
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Working Peasant** by Marchionni (Italian, 1702–1786) invites visitors to glimpse 18th-century Italian artistry through a humble yet evocative figure. Crafted sometime between 1728 and1778, this work falls within Marchionni's mature career a sculptor and architect active in Rome and beyond. Classified simply as "figures," it likely represents a modeled or carved depiction of everyday labor, a motif that contrasted with the era's grand Baroque and emerging Rococo grandeur. Now housed in the Smithsonian American Art Museum—acquired through the generosity of various donors—this piece bridges Eur...