Rijksmuseum

Design for a Ceiling Painting with a Nuptial Allegory

Date

c. 1750 - c. 1775

Medium

paper, watercolor (paint), chalk

Institution

Rijksmuseum

The now almost forgotten Novelli was once an important artist in Venice. He painted many decorations in the city’s palaces. As an art theorist, he propagated a style that wanted to abolish the old disegno (design or drawing) versus colore (colour) rivalry. The drawing’s inscriptions make it clear that the representation was designed for a marriage. Centrally depicted are a man and a woman together holding a heart.

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