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Pietro Longhi
1702-1785 Italian Pietro Longhi Galleries Pietro Longhi was born in Venice in the parish of Saint Maria, first child of the silversmith Alessandro Falca and his wife, Antonia. He adopted the Longhi last name when he began to paint. He was initially taught by the Veronese painter Antonio Balestra, who then recommended the young painter to apprentice with the Bolognese Giuseppe Maria Crespi, who was highly regarded in his day for both religious and genre painting. He was married in 1732 to Caterina Maria Rizzi. Among his early paintings are some altarpieces and religious themes. In 1734, he completed frescoes in the walls and ceiling of the hall in Ca' Sagredo, representing the Death of the giants. Henceforward, his work would lead him to be viewed in the future as the Venetian William Hogarth, painting subjects and events of everyday life in Venice. The gallant interior scenes reflect the 18th century's turn towards the private and the bourgeois. Many of his paintings show Venetians at play, such as the depiction of the crowd of genteel citizens awkwardly gawking at a freakish Indian rhinoceros (see image). This painting chronicles Clara the rhinoceros brought to Europe in 1741 by a Dutch sea captain and impresario from Leyden, Douvemont van der Meer. This rhinoceros was exhibited in Venice in 1751. There are two versions of this painting, nearly identical except for the unmasked portraits of two men in Ca' Rezzonico version. Ultimately, there may be a punning joke to the painting, since the young man on the left holds aloft the sawed off horn (metaphor for cuckoldry) of the animal. Perhaps this explains the difference between the unchaperoned women. Other paintings chronicle the daily activities such as the gambling parlors (Riddoti) that proliferated in the 18th century. In some, the insecure or naive posture and circumstance, the puppet-like delicacy of the persons, seem to suggest a satirical perspective of the artists toward his subjects. Nearly half of the figures in his genre paintings are faceless, hidden behind Venetian Carnival masks. Like Crespi before him, Longhi was commissioned to paint seven canvases documenting the seven Catholic sacraments. Longhi is well-known as a draughtsman, whose drawings were often done for their own sake, rather than as studies for paintings. Pietro's son, Alessandro, was also an accomplished painter. A paraphrase of Bernard Berenson states that "Longhi painted for the Venetians passionate about painting, their daily lives, in all dailiness, domesticity, and quotidian mundane-ness. In the scenes regarding the hairdo and the apparel of the lady, we find the subject of gossip of the inopportune barber, chattering of the maid; in the school of dance, the amiable sound of violins. It is not tragic... but upholds a deep respect of customs, of great refinement, with an omnipresent good humor distinguishes the paintings of the Longhi from those of Hogarth, at times pitiless and loaded with omens of change".

 

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Pietro Longhi Die Verkauferin der Essenzen oil painting

Painting ID::  91808

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Pietro Longhi
Die Verkauferin der Essenzen
c. 1756(1756) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 61 X 51 cm cjr
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi Die Schule der Arbeit oil painting

Painting ID::  91809

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Pietro Longhi
Die Schule der Arbeit
c. 1752(1752) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 62 X 50 cm cjr
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi Der Friseur oil painting

Painting ID::  91812

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Pietro Longhi
Der Friseur
c. 1760(1760) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 63 X 51 cm cjr
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi Das Familienkonzert oil painting

Painting ID::  91814

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Pietro Longhi
Das Familienkonzert
c. 1752(1752) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 62 X 50 cm cjr
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi Dame bei der Schneiderin oil painting

Painting ID::  91815

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Pietro Longhi
Dame bei der Schneiderin
c. 1760(1760) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 68 X 56 cm cjr
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi Die Versuchung oil painting

Painting ID::  91840

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Pietro Longhi
Die Versuchung
c. 1750(1750) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 61 X 49,5 cm cjr
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi Die Alchemisten oil painting

Painting ID::  91854

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Pietro Longhi
Die Alchemisten
c. 1757(1757) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 61 X 50 cm cjr
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi Besuch bei einer Dame oil painting

Painting ID::  92170

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Pietro Longhi
Besuch bei einer Dame
1746(1746) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 60,9 X 49,5 cm cyf
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi Casino oil painting

Painting ID::  92599

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Pietro Longhi
Casino
1720 - 1790 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 85 X 101.5 cm (33.5 X 40 in) cjr
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi Portrat einer venezianischen Familie oil painting

Painting ID::  93912

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Pietro Longhi
Portrat einer venezianischen Familie
1760-1765 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 80 x 89 cm cjr
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi Gemaldeserie oil painting

Painting ID::  93913

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Pietro Longhi
Gemaldeserie
1765-1770 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 61 x 49,5 cm cjr
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi Flora with Amor on a cloud oil painting

Painting ID::  96870

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Pietro Longhi
Flora with Amor on a cloud
17th century Medium oil on canvas cyf
   
   
     

 

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Pietro Longhi
1702-1785 Italian Pietro Longhi Galleries Pietro Longhi was born in Venice in the parish of Saint Maria, first child of the silversmith Alessandro Falca and his wife, Antonia. He adopted the Longhi last name when he began to paint. He was initially taught by the Veronese painter Antonio Balestra, who then recommended the young painter to apprentice with the Bolognese Giuseppe Maria Crespi, who was highly regarded in his day for both religious and genre painting. He was married in 1732 to Caterina Maria Rizzi. Among his early paintings are some altarpieces and religious themes. In 1734, he completed frescoes in the walls and ceiling of the hall in Ca' Sagredo, representing the Death of the giants. Henceforward, his work would lead him to be viewed in the future as the Venetian William Hogarth, painting subjects and events of everyday life in Venice. The gallant interior scenes reflect the 18th century's turn towards the private and the bourgeois. Many of his paintings show Venetians at play, such as the depiction of the crowd of genteel citizens awkwardly gawking at a freakish Indian rhinoceros (see image). This painting chronicles Clara the rhinoceros brought to Europe in 1741 by a Dutch sea captain and impresario from Leyden, Douvemont van der Meer. This rhinoceros was exhibited in Venice in 1751. There are two versions of this painting, nearly identical except for the unmasked portraits of two men in Ca' Rezzonico version. Ultimately, there may be a punning joke to the painting, since the young man on the left holds aloft the sawed off horn (metaphor for cuckoldry) of the animal. Perhaps this explains the difference between the unchaperoned women. Other paintings chronicle the daily activities such as the gambling parlors (Riddoti) that proliferated in the 18th century. In some, the insecure or naive posture and circumstance, the puppet-like delicacy of the persons, seem to suggest a satirical perspective of the artists toward his subjects. Nearly half of the figures in his genre paintings are faceless, hidden behind Venetian Carnival masks. Like Crespi before him, Longhi was commissioned to paint seven canvases documenting the seven Catholic sacraments. Longhi is well-known as a draughtsman, whose drawings were often done for their own sake, rather than as studies for paintings. Pietro's son, Alessandro, was also an accomplished painter. A paraphrase of Bernard Berenson states that "Longhi painted for the Venetians passionate about painting, their daily lives, in all dailiness, domesticity, and quotidian mundane-ness. In the scenes regarding the hairdo and the apparel of the lady, we find the subject of gossip of the inopportune barber, chattering of the maid; in the school of dance, the amiable sound of violins. It is not tragic... but upholds a deep respect of customs, of great refinement, with an omnipresent good humor distinguishes the paintings of the Longhi from those of Hogarth, at times pitiless and loaded with omens of change".