FOBO - El Mundo Ilustrado (page 3/3)

[picture: Fraile mendicante, en Venecia.]

A mendicant friar begging on the streets of Venice. The illustration accompanies an article about Venice. In it, we see a long narrow street, less than six feet wide, paved with flagstones. The buildings are a little run-down, with bricks visible in places beneath the plaster; in the foreground a man stands wearing a monk’s habit and sandals; in his [...] [more...] [$]

Venus and Cupid

In the book this engraving is captioned Caprichos de Cupido, but the original oil painting was in an auction catalogue entitled Venus and Cupid. [more...] [$]

A schoolroom in Tunisia

Una Escuela en Túnez. — Dibujo original de E. Berninger. [more...] [$]

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