The Sacrament Of Marriage
Oil
WallArt
Rococo
Early Modern
50.0 x 62.0 cm
Pietro Longhi (1701 – 1785)
Pietro Longhi (1701-1785) was a Venetian painter famed for witty genre scenes of 18th-century life, capturing bourgeois society & everyday Venice with satirical charm – the 'Venetian Hogarth'.
About this artwork
- Title: The Sacrament Of Marriage
- Artist: Pietro Longhi
- Original dimensions: 50.0 x 62.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Movement: Rococo
- Medium: Oil
- Creative period: Mature Period
- Corpus context: intimate domestic scenes , 18th-century daily life
- Main color: Espresso
Quick Facts
- Artist: Pietro Longhi
- Subject or theme: Traditional marriage ritual and ceremony
- Movement: Rococo
- Dimensions: 50 x 62 cm
- Notable elements: Subdued lighting, central focus on couple