six figures in costume; man in a tan coat and blue knickers bowing to a lady in a yellow dress with green patterns, with an enormous bustle, with a long feather in her hair; man with a false rotund belly, wearing a black cap, blue jacket and blue and white striped short pants, holding a broken umbrella, stands between couple; pair of acrobats with black masks--one figure standing on shoulders of another--at right behind lady's skirts; figure looking up, wearing a very large black hat and red jacket, at right; architectural details in background, including fountain at left

Caricatural Carnival Scene in Rome, 19th century

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Details
Title
Caricatural Carnival Scene in Rome
Artist Life
1800 - 1878
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2012.58.35
Provenance
[Alister Matthews, Bournemouth, England; sold to Moir]; Alfred Moir, Santa Barbara (until d. 2010; bequeathed to MIA)
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six figures in costume; man in a tan coat and blue knickers bowing to a lady in a yellow dress with green patterns, with an enormous bustle, with a long feather in her hair; man with a false rotund belly, wearing a black cap, blue jacket and blue and white striped short pants, holding a broken umbrella, stands between couple; pair of acrobats with black masks--one figure standing on shoulders of another--at right behind lady's skirts; figure looking up, wearing a very large black hat and red jacket, at right; architectural details in background, including fountain at left