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Description: | RU s. on plate b. l. "D. Allan inv.t & etch.t"; inscr on plate b. c. "NAPOLITAN DANCE" CRE ALLAN, David; (Scottish; 1744-1796) From a set of six Italian subjects. Allan's Neapolitan sketchbook (National Gallery of Scotland) contains a number of studies related to this etching. They include details of local costumes; of the palm tree that appears in the top background and would have been unfamiliar to the artist; of the one horse chariot racing in the middle distance; and of a classical bacchante used as a model for the dancing girl. The resulting Neapolitan Dance offers visual parallels between ancient and modern Neapolitans, particularly noticeable in traditional activities such as dance and music. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | DANCE : ITALY : NAPLES : DRUM : MANDOLINE : MUSIC : PICTURESQUE : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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