Lot 490
  • 490

Attributed to Pietro Longhi

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • Pietro Longhi
  • Meeting of the Dominoes
  • inscribed and dated on the columns, upper left: Per Do(..) / S(..) Fra(...) / Lor(eday?) / 17(?) and upper right: P(...) D(...) / S(...) F(...) / L(...) / B(...) / (...) and upper center, below the window (illegible)
  • oil on canvas
  • 20 1/8 by 16 1/8 in.; 51 by 41 cm.

Condition

Oil on canvas, lined. The picture surface is in generally good condition aside from craquelure and pigment separation across the entire surface. Under UV light, the varnish fluoresces green though there are small spots of inpainting scattered over the varnish and an area of inpainting in the window at upper center.
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Catalogue Note

The inscriptions on the columns are likely laudatory comments related to Doge Francesco Loredan, who held office from 1752-62.