Engraving of Traditional Chilean Circle Dance: A Festive Gathering in 1827 Chile
€ 320
Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)
Date
1827
Sheet size
23 × 34 cm (9.1 × 13.4 in)
Reference
BG-13806-79
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Condition
Very good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
About this sheet
Danze de' Chiliesi, a dance of the people of Chile, from Giulio Ferrario's Il Costume Antico e Moderno, an etching with aquatint and original hand color on wove paper. It is lettered "Tavole XXVIII. Danze de' Chiliesi" and was engraved by Paolo Fumagalli after Bramati, with credits at the foot of the plate. The title field dates it 1827, while the old description gives 1821, the date of the Italian volume.
About twenty men form a ring around a central pole flying a long yellow pennant, with a few more in a second knot in the foreground and one seated at the base of the pole beside three clay jars. All wear short colored vests in pink, blue, yellow and green, short trousers, and feathers in their headbands, and they hold hands as they circle on an open, sandy plain with low brush at the edges.
The first issue of Ferrario's work appeared in Milan in 17 volumes between about 1815 and 1826; a second issue in 21 volumes followed in 1827.
