Indigeno dell’Isola Vanto Léle (Arcipelago V.V.) – ca. 1840
A rare hand-colored ethnographic print from a 19th-century European series depicting inhabitants of the “Vanto Léle” island—an elusive, likely fictional geography rooted in colonial imagination. Extended Description This delicate, hand-colored print—titled Indigeno dell’Isola Vanto Léle—belongs to a class of 19th-century European lithographs that sought to catalogue the “exotic” through visual ethnography. The figure, a semi-nude man with turban, bow, and bundle of spears, stands confidently against a simplified natural backdrop.
Technical Sheet
Title: Indigeno dell’Isola Vanto Léle (Arcipelago V.V.)
Artist / Author: Anonymous
Date: Circa 1840
Edition: Possibly from a bound volume or series
Signed: No
Technique / Printing Method: Lithograph with hand coloring
Medium / Materials: Ink and watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 20 × 15 cm (approx, framed)
Language: Italian
Condition: Moderate foxing across surface; good stability of color and line
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