Ernesto Treccani, Lucia, etching, 50x35 cm

The work is part of the catalog I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed) published by Edizioni Brixia of Milan, which consists of 125 Arabic and XXX Roman copies.

The work represents the portrait of the protagonist of the novel, Lucia Mondella. The strokes are subtle and stylized, typical of the artist. In fact, he usually takes up the themes of classic works of literature and reworks them in social and existential representations through which he reflects on the changes in society. Lucia in fact, modest and marked by poverty, represents the purest aspect of the peasant world.

The work was hand-pulled on paper Magnani of Pescia and stamped by the publisher.

The work is numbered in pencil XXVIII/XXX below left and signed in pencil at the bottom right, also has the title in pencil at the bottom center.