Publisher/Manufacturer: Atesa Grafica, Bologna Series title: Twelve Months of the Year
1979 Offset colour lithograph, featuring a reprodution of an engraving, in black and brown on white wove Fabriano paper
398 x 280 mm. Gift: The artist 1979 / 1980
Part of a set of 12 lithographs, representing the months of the year, combining contemporary work by Luigi G. Mattei (b.1945) with seventeenth century engravings by Guiseppe Maria Mitelli (1634-1718). Developed from an idea by Giancarlo Roversi. From an edition of 299 sets. The prints are contained in a portfolio with an introduction, descriptive notes and a short biography of Guiseppe Maria Mitelli, all in Italian
Man with a cow and two leaping figures; Mattei and Mitelli, April. In the lower left corner is a reproduced engraving by Mitelli featuring a man feeding a cow. The man holds a staff and wears a plumed, floppy hat and ragged clothes. On the floor is a basket of eggs? A bull, representing Taurus, is enclosed in a circle. Above is a pen and ink drawing of two figures by Mattei. Both figures are semi-nude and leaping through the air. A loose flowing line evokes movement. Text on image, 'APRILE'
