# Working Peasant

**Carlo Marchionni** (Italian, 1702–1786)  
1728–78  
Brush and sepia on laid paper  
28.3 x 19.8 cm (11 1/8 x 7 13/16 in.)

Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 1901-39-556. [The museum's record](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/10703).

## About this work

A peasant working reaching into a bag filled with produce.

_Text from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum._

Carlo Marchionni drew this in 1728–78, aged 26. It is now at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York.

### How it was made

- **Laid paper.** Handmade on a mould of close-set wires, which leave fine parallel lines you can see when the sheet is held to the light.

### [Carlo Marchionni](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/carlo-marchionni)

Italian, 1702–1786

## Facts

- Type: Drawing
- The artist was 26
- Real size: about 11 × 8 in (28 × 20 cm). The 8 × 10 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 18th century
- Colour: white
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1708.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1708/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/working-peasant-si-chndm-1901-39-556).