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ID number: BIRBI-65.3 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Crespi, Giuseppe Maria (1665-1747) Title / Object name: A woman looking for fleas Object type: Painting Culture: Italian Date made: about 1715/20 Materials: Oil on canvas Measurements: 49.5 x 38 cm (unframed) 64.6 x 53.1 x 7 (framed) Provenance: Rome, Ilo Nunes-Mauri, 1943; purchased from the Hazlitt Gallery in 1965. |
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It is night, and a partially undressed woman surrounded by her stays, skirt hoops and stockings, searches for fleas. She has placed a pot of water in front of her in which to drown them. At the top, two boys look down at her, adding a ribald element to this low-life scene. Notes: Exhibited: 'Cinque Pittore del Settecento', Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne, Rome, 1943, cat. no. 19; 'Giuseppe Maria Crespi and the emergence of genre painting in Italy', Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, 1986, no. 21; 'Hogarth and Europe', Tate Britain, 3 November 2021 - 20 March 2022 (Cat. p.89) |
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| Crespi, Giuseppe Maria Italian 1665 1747 | |
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| Giuseppe Maria Crespi Merriman, M. P. 1980 | |
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