Lever of a Venetian Woman
manner of Pietro Longhi (Venice 1702 – Venice 1785)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1700 - 1799
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
610 x 508 mm (24 x 20 in)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 803031
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lever of a Venetian Woman in the manner of Pietro Longhi (Venice 1702 – Venice 1785), 18th century. Scene from a masked ball, two gentlemen gather about a woman, seated in a yellow dress and holding a fan, with four other figures (three masked) around her, before a drop of green curtains,
Provenance
Bought by Harold Nicolson, July 8 1918 and given to Lady Sackville; given to the National Trust with the donation of Sissinghurst by Nigel Nicolson in 1967
Makers and roles
manner of Pietro Longhi (Venice 1702 – Venice 1785), artist