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The Painter in His Studio
Creator
Pietro LonghiItalian Artist · 1701–1785
All works by this person →With his talents unsuited to grand historical and religious cycles, Pietro Longhi built a wildly successful career outside the mainstream of Venetian art by using his gift for observing the world. His father, a painter and goldsmith, encouraged his natural talent for drawing, and he studied in Venice under a follower of Carlo Maratta. He may also have trained in Bologna with Giuseppe Maria Crespi.
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- about 1741–1744
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Culture
- Italian
- Department
- Paintings
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 3433fcf3-eb9d-48e5-a378-7a155d00d0bb
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Pietro Longhi depicts the act of painting as an intimate scene of contemporary life. Longhi invites the viewer into a painter's studio, where the artist, surrounded by an array of his tools and props, creates a faithful likeness of a typical Venetian lady sitting for her portrait. Her costumed companion has removed his mask, which allowed him to pass incognito in public during the free-spirited months of Carnival.
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