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Watercolor French 19th signed DES FOUGERES Italian boy flute player Pifferaro

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G. DES FOUGERES (19th century) Watercolor and gouache 33 x 24 cm (38 x 29 cm with the frame) Signed lower left "G. des Fougères" Beautiful wood gilded frame of the beginning of the 20th century Excellent condition A pifferaro was a young itinerant musician who, in Italy, played the piffero, the fife, the bagpipes or the flute, danced or sang. "When, at Christmas time, the pifferari come down from the mountains, the sacred way resounds under the iron shoes of the shepherds" (Quinet, All. et Ital., 1836, p.193).
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    Height: 13 in (33 cm)Width: 9.45 in (24 cm)
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    38 x 29 cm with framePrice: $1,067
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    PARIS, FR
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    1stDibs: LU2524212236122

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