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Calandrino and the elitropia

Ján Lebiš1966

Palazzo Pretorio e Casa Boccaccio

Palazzo Pretorio e Casa Boccaccio
Certaldo, Italy

The subject and the inscription " 8 "on the recto lead to consider it the illustration of the sixth novella of the eighth day of The' Decameron ' by Giovanni Boccaccio, where it tells of the pig stolen by Calandrino by Bruno and Buffalmacco. This drawing fits into the typical figurative tradition of Germanic area.

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  • Title: Calandrino and the elitropia
  • Creator: Lebis Jan
  • Date Created: 1966
  • Physical Dimensions: h 310, w 225 mm
  • Type: drawing
  • Rights: Comune Certaldo
  • Medium: ivory paper
  • Art Genre: paper
  • Art Movement: DRAWING
  • Art Form: contemporary art
  • Depicted Person: characters from the Decameron stories
  • Depicted Topic: Decameron stories
Palazzo Pretorio e Casa Boccaccio

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