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ID number: BIRBI-38.5 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: ascribed to Novelli, Pietro Antonio (1729-1804) Title / Object name: A Music Party Object type: Drawing Place made: Venice Culture: Italian Date made: about 1750 Materials: Pen and brown wash over black chalk Measurements: 250 x 373 mm Provenance: Possibly from the collection of Sir Richard Wallace, nut there is no evidence in his papers at the Wallace Collection; collection of F. Cavendish Bentinck; purchased from R. Langton Douglas, 1938, for £250 |
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This small scale domestic scene, known as a conversation piece, was characteristic of mid 18th century art. In this example from Venice, the music party takes place during the annual carnival. Finished drawings such as this were themselves aimed at the market for works for smaller domestic spaces. Notes: Exhibited: Whitechapel Art Gallery and Birmingham Cuty Art Gallery, Eighteenth Century Venice, 1951 (63). |
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