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Description: | A reproduction produced by the Vasari Society of a drawing by Pietro Longhi. The drawing shows an interior scene with figures. Most of the figures are arranged in a line on the left of the composition, and are engaged in conversation with one another. In the right foreground a seated man is leaning against a large square pillar, and to the right of him a man, woman and dog are walking into the scene towards the left.
Text from the accompanying booklet produced by the Vasari Society:
"No. 13
PIETRO LONGHI
(b. 1702, d. 1762)
A VENETIAN WINE-SHOP
Collection of Mr. Edward Holland. Pen and sepia, with sepia wash. 19.5 x 28 cm. (7 5/8 x 11 in.)
Brilliant sketch of an interior with figures. The group at the right wear the fashionable masks and short capes which one sees in Longhi's picture in the National Gallery of the Visit to a Rhinoceros, and seem to be a party of gentlefolk looking in on a tavern. The mass of Longhi's drawings are in black and white chalk, as seen in the great collection of the Correr Museum, Venice. This sketch is one of a pair; the other, drawn in the same summary fashion, also belongs to Mr. Holland."
Technique: REPRODUCTION
Technique: collotype (print)
Reproduction by the Vasari Society of Pietro Longhi, Venetian Wine Shop, (1932.70-13) | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.105033 | Go to resource |
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