620 - J. KLEIN (1792-1875), Buffalaro di Roma, buffalo cart, 1843, Etching

J. KLEIN (1792-1875), Buffalaro di Roma, buffalo cart, 1843, Etching Johann Adam Klein (1792 Nuremberg - 1875 Munich): Buffalaro di Roma, buffalo cart, 1843, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Catalogue Raisonné: , 326, II/II Inscription: Signed and dated lower right in the printing plate: "JAKlein f. 1843", inscribed in the centre: "Buffalaro di Roma" Date: 1843 Description: Four buffaloes are harnessed in front of a two-wheeled cart, on which a woman is sitting under the tarpaulin and holding a sleeping child on her lap. Two of them, yoked to the drawbar, are standing to the right; of the pair in front, the buffalo harnessed to the hand side has laid down, while its neighbour stands yoked to it. The waggoner with the pole stops by the rear team and looks after the waggon. Swamp and heavy air in the background on the left. Literature: Jahn, C.: Das Werk von Johann Adam Klein. Maler und Kupferätzer zu München, Mitglied der kgl. Akademie der Künste zu Berli, Inhaber des Verdienstkreuzes vom herzogl. Sächs. Ernestinischen Hausorden; München 1863. Cat. Rais. No.: 326, II/II. Keywords: Animals, buffaloes, carts, carriages, people, traditional costumes, landscape, 19th century, Romanticism, Animals, Italy, Rome (Latium), Size: Paper: 16,1 cm x 21,7 cm (6,3 x 8,5 in), Depiction: 15,1 cm x 20,7 cm (5,9 x 8,1 in) Condition: Good condition. Slightly trimmed. Occasional light foxing and faint soiling visible. The corners of the sheet are slightly bumped.