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Young Peasant Woman Holding a Wine Flask by Giacomo Ceruti 1738

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on March 21 2016

Giacomo Ceruti (1639/1709) Detail: wine bottle, cork, finger ring, short gown, neck ...
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Family Scene in an Interior by Giacomo Ceruti 1730

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on January 28 2016

Giacomo Ceruti (1698–1767) Details: Table, Chair, Bottle, Demijohn, Glass, Eggs, Cabi...
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Little Beggar Girl and Woman Spinning by Giacomo Ceruti 1720’s

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on January 26 2016

Giacomo Ceruti (1698–1767) Details: Shoes, Boots, Apron, Drop Spindle, Wooden Bowl, W...
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Three Beggars by Giacomo Ceruti 1736

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on January 25 2016

Giacomo Ceruti (1698–1767) Details: Shoes, Gators, Spats, Hat, Cocked Hat, Flop Hat, ...
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Women Working on Pillow Lace by Giacomo Ceruti about 1725

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on June 25 2015

Giacomo  Ceruti( 1698 –  1767 ) Detail:  chairs, bobbin lace, bobbins, lace, lace pil...
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Preparation of Gunpowder by Lodovico Buti ~16th century

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on February 26 2013

Lodovico Buti (c. 1560 – after 1611) Detail: gunpowder, workroom, hammer mill, roller ...
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Girl with Lute by Pietro Rotari

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on November 07 2012

Pietro Rotari (1707-1762) Detail: lute, girl, women’s clothing, flowers, jewelry, pea...
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A Young Woman with a Book – Pietro Rotari

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on November 05 2012

Pietro Rotari (1707–1762) Detail: book, pearls, jewelry, earring, ribbon, women’s clo...
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A humbly dressed woman warming her hands over a brazier – Maestro della Tela Jeans

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on October 02 2012

Maestro della Tela Jeans  –  Late 17th century Detail: brazier, bread, poor women’s c...
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The Alchemist – Longhi 1757

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on June 15 2012

Pietro Longhi  (1702–1785)  image from The Yorck Project Check out this raised hearth...
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Self Portrait – Mengs 1744

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on June 12 2012

Anton Raphael Mengs  1728 – 1779 Detail:  hair, shirt, coat, cloth buttons
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The Butcher’s Shop – Passerotti 1580’s

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on May 31 2012

Bartolomeo  Passerotti  1529 – 1592 Detail:  knife,  food, meat, meat hooks, butchering
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Boy with a Basket of Bread – Baschenis about 1665

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on May 18 2012

Evaristo Baschenis  1617 – 1677 Day 5 of Bread week. Detail:  boy,  bread, fancy brea...
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Still Life with Bread by Ceruti about 1750

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on May 14 2012

Giacomo Ceruti  1698 – 1767 It’s bread week on Siftingthepast in honor of the new bre...
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The Apothecary – Longhi 1752

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on March 22 2012

Pietro Longhi  1702-1783 Say Ahhhhhh.   Details: aloe, brazier, bellows, apothecary j...
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Boys Playing Cards – Ceruti 1730

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on March 12 2012

CERUTI, Giacomo (b. 1698, Milano, d. 1767, Milano) Beautiful and very useful,  this p...
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