El Gaucho enlazando
Artista: César Hipólito Bacle
Siglo XIX · Argentina
Colección: César Hipólito Bacle
This image, titled "El Gaucho enlazando" (The Gaucho Lassoing), is part of César Hipólito Bacle's famous series "Trages y costumbres de Buenos-Aires" (Costumes and customs of Buenos Aires). It depicts a gaucho on horseback at a full gallop, performing the traditional act of lassoing, an iconic representation of life on the Argentine pampas. The detailed attire of the gaucho, from his poncho to his fur chaps, offers valuable ethnographic testimony of 19th-century Rioplatense culture. Executed with the precision characteristic of lithography and often enhanced with delicate hand-coloring, the work conveys dynamism and cultural authenticity.
litografia costumbrismo argentina siglo-xix buenos-aires
