Italian
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
The Alchemist – Longhi 1757
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
Self Portrait – Mengs 1744
Anton Raphael Mengs 1728 – 1779 Detail: hair, shirt, coat, cloth buttons
The Butcher’s Shop – Passerotti 1580’s
Bartolomeo Passerotti 1529 – 1592 Detail: knife, food, meat, meat hooks, butchering
Boy with a Basket of Bread – Baschenis about 1665
Evaristo Baschenis 1617 – 1677 Day 5 of Bread week. Detail: boy, bread, fancy bread, shirt
Still Life with Bread by Ceruti about 1750
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
The Apothecary – Longhi 1752
Pietro Longhi 1702-1783 Say Ahhhhhh. Details: aloe, brazier, bellows, apothecary jars, quill, spectacles, cloth cap, shawl, banyan, mules, bottles.