Italian

Preparation of Gunpowder by Lodovico Buti ~16th century

Preparation-of-Gunpowder_Lodovico Buti_16th centuryLodovico Buti (c. 1560 – after 1611)

Detail: gunpowder, workroom, hammer mill, roller mill, sieve, barrel, hand mill, workman

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Girl with Lute by Pietro Rotari

Pietro Rotari (1707-1762)

Detail: lute, girl, women’s clothing, flowers, jewelry, pearls, ribbons

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A Young Woman with a Book – Pietro Rotari

Pietro Rotari (1707–1762)

Detail: book, pearls, jewelry, earring, ribbon, women’s clothing

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A humbly dressed woman warming her hands over a brazier – Maestro della Tela Jeans

Maestro della Tela Jeans  -  Late 17th century

Detail: brazier, bread, poor women’s clothing

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The Alchemist – Longhi 1757

1757 Alchemist's lab by Pietro Longhi

Pietro Longhi  (1702–1785)  image from The Yorck Project

Check out this raised hearth.

Detail: bottles,  hour glass, brazier, raised hearth, tongs, crucible, book,  glasses,  shoes, buckles, mules (slippers), flask, fur lined robe

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Self Portrait – Mengs 1744

1744- Self Portrage of Mengs - 18th century

Anton Raphael Mengs  1728 – 1779

Detail:  hair, shirt, coat, cloth buttons

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The Butcher’s Shop – Passerotti 1580′s

Bartolomeo  Passerotti  1529 – 1592

Detail:  knife,  food, meat, meat hooks, butchering

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Boy with a Basket of Bread – Baschenis about 1665

17th century painting of a boy with a basket of bread by BASCHENIS about 1665

Evaristo Baschenis  1617 – 1677

Day 5 of Bread week.

Detail:  boy,  bread, fancy bread,  shirt

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Still Life with Bread by Ceruti about 1750

Still Life with bread by Ceruti 1750's

Giacomo Ceruti  1698 – 1767

It’s bread week on Siftingthepast in honor of the new bread series we are doing on Youtube – part one is on Ship’s Bisket.

Detail: pewter plate, bread, nuts,  knife, glass tumber,  redware pitcher, sausage

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The Apothecary – Longhi 1752

Pietro Longhi  1702-1783

Say Ahhhhhh.   Details: aloe, brazier, bellows, apothecary jars, quill, spectacles, cloth cap, shawl, banyan, mules, bottles.

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