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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 The Confession oil painting

Painting ID::  2575

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Pietro Longhi
The Confession
1755 Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi Exhibition of a Rhinoceros at Venice oil painting

Painting ID::  2576

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Pietro Longhi
Exhibition of a Rhinoceros at Venice
c1751 National Gallery, London
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi The Introduction (mk05) oil painting

Painting ID::  20708

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Pietro Longhi
The Introduction (mk05)
Canvas 25 1/2 x 19 1/2''(65 x 50 cm)Assigned to the Louvre in 1950
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi Al Ridotto (mk21) oil painting

Painting ID::  22759

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Pietro Longhi
Al Ridotto (mk21)
Olio su tela,60 x 47 cm Biblioteca del Museo della Fondazione Querini Stampalia,Venezia
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi Exhibition of a Rhinoceros at Venice (nn03) oil painting

Painting ID::  23353

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Pietro Longhi
Exhibition of a Rhinoceros at Venice (nn03)
c 1751 Oil on canvas 60 x 47 cm 23 1/2 x 18 1/2 in National Gallery London
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi The Spice-vendor s shop oil painting

Painting ID::  29644

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Pietro Longhi
The Spice-vendor s shop
c. 1752 Oil on canvas, 60 x 48 cm
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi The Confession oil painting

Painting ID::  29985

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Pietro Longhi
The Confession
mk67 Oil on canvas 24x191/2in Uffizi,
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi The Spice-Vendor's Shop oil painting

Painting ID::  30616

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Pietro Longhi
The Spice-Vendor's Shop
mk68 Oil on canvas Venice,Accademia Gallery c.1752 Italy
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi The Spice-Vendor's Shop oil painting

Painting ID::  30617

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Pietro Longhi
The Spice-Vendor's Shop
mk68 Oil on canvas Venice,Accademia Gallery c.1752 Italy
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi Masks in the Foyer oil painting

Painting ID::  30621

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Pietro Longhi
Masks in the Foyer
mk68 Oil on canvas Venice,Querini Stampalia Foundation c.1757 Italy
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi The Rhinoceros oil painting

Painting ID::  31349

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Pietro Longhi
The Rhinoceros
nn07 1751 Oil on canvas, 62 x50 cm Ca' Rezzonico, Venice
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi The Rhinoceros oil painting

Painting ID::  33797

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Pietro Longhi
The Rhinoceros
mk86 c.1751 Oil on canvas 62x50cm Venice,Ca'Rezzonico
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi The Tooth-Puller oil painting

Painting ID::  33798

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Pietro Longhi
The Tooth-Puller
mk86 c.1746-1752 Oil on canvas 50x62cm Milan,Pinacoteca di Brera
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi The introduction oil painting

Painting ID::  40549

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Pietro Longhi
The introduction
mk156 1740 Oil on canvas 66x55cm
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi The Rhinoceros oil painting

Painting ID::  40558

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Pietro Longhi
The Rhinoceros
mk156 1751 Oil on canvas 62x50cm
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi The Hairdresser and the Lady oil painting

Painting ID::  41150

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Pietro Longhi
The Hairdresser and the Lady
mk157 c.1760 Oil on wood 63x51cm
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi Visit of the Bauta oil painting

Painting ID::  41151

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Pietro Longhi
Visit of the Bauta
mk157 c.1760-70 Oil on wood 62x50cm
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi Masked venetians in the Ridotto oil painting

Painting ID::  41208

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Pietro Longhi
Masked venetians in the Ridotto
mk157 c.1757 Biblioteca Querini Stampalis
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi The Marriage oil painting

Painting ID::  41212

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Pietro Longhi
The Marriage
mk157 before 1755 Oil on canvas 62x50cm
   
   
     

 

 

Pietro Longhi A Nobleman Kissing a Lady-s Hand oil painting

Painting ID::  43266

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Pietro Longhi
A Nobleman Kissing a Lady-s Hand
mk170 circa 1746 Oil on canvas 61.3x49.5cm
   
   
     

 

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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".