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RICHARD PARKES BONINGTON. Peasant Women from Ragusa

Peasant Women from Ragusa. Artist: Richard Parkes Bonington (British, Arnold, Nottinghamshire 1802-1828 London). Dimensions: sheet: 8 11/16 x 5 5/16 in. (22 x 13.5 cm). Date: 1826. Ragusa, modern Dubrovnik, is a port city on the Dalmatian coast controlled by Venice until 1797. Bonington must have visited during his 1826 trip to Venice when the city was part of the Austrian empire and here records women in traditional slavic dress, noting that their distinctive shoes are called "L'Opanke" (Opanak).
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Peasant Women from Ragusa
Caption:
Peasant Women from Ragusa. Artist: Richard Parkes Bonington (British, Arnold, Nottinghamshire 1802-1828 London). Dimensions: sheet: 8 11/16 x 5 5/16 in. (22 x 13.5 cm). Date: 1826. Ragusa, modern Dubrovnik, is a port city on the Dalmatian coast controlled by Venice until 1797. Bonington must have visited during his 1826 trip to Venice when the city was part of the Austrian empire and here records women in traditional slavic dress, noting that their distinctive shoes are called "L'Opanke" (Opanak).
Technique/material:
Graphite, pen and brown ink, and brush and watercolor
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
2639 x 4268 px | 32.2 MB
Print size:
22.3 x 36.1 cm | 8.8 x 14.2 in (300 dpi)
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