The Venetian Wedding.
Dirck Barendsz (Amsterdam 1534 - Amsterdam 1592)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1584
Materials
Ink engraving on paper.
Measurements
440 x 747 mm
Collection
Saltram, Devon
NT 873018.2.71
Summary
(Folio 43 verso and folio 44 recto), The Venetian Wedding. A group of elegantly dressed men and women flanking a bride with loose hair and groom, a senator dressed in a toga at left, musicians playing in the loggia in top left corner, two commedia dell'arte figures entering at right (Magnifico and his assistant Zanni), with a view of the lagoon in background; first state before address of Waesbergen; two plates pasted together; after Dirk Barentsz.
Makers and roles
Dirck Barendsz (Amsterdam 1534 - Amsterdam 1592), painter