The death of the chick (Rotta)

The Death of the Chick (also known as La morte del pulcino) is a 19th-century painted in oil by Antonio Rotta, in 1870, din Venice, Italy, exhibited at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto. Signed lower left: A. Rotta.

The death of the chick
Italian: La morte del pulcino, French: La mort du poussin
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Artist Antonio Rotta
Year c. 1878
Type Oil on poplar
Dimensions 1,330 cm × 1,560 cm (52,5 in × 61,5 in)
Location Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto, Trento, Italy

History

The painting was finished in 1878, and is exhibited at the Museum of modern and contemporary art of Trento and Rovereto in Trento, as one of the most interesting representative works of genre painting.[1]

Description

Rotta has always been interested in the representation of true daily life. It shows the first moment in which the innocence of children dies. They see death of a chick.

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Bibliography

  • Giuseppe Pavanello, Nico Stringa, "Ottocento veneto: il trionfo del colore", p. 12, Casa dei Carraresi, Ed. Canova, Treviso, Italy, 2004, ISBN 8884091160
  • "Emporium, rivista mensile illustrata d'arte", Volume 19, Istituto italiano di arti grafiche, Bergamo, Italy, p. 103, 1904

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