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Design for a Ceiling Painting with a Nuptial Allegory
Pietro Antonio III Novelli, c. 1750 - c. 1775
The now almost forgotten Novelli was once an important artist in Venice. He painted many decorations in the city’s palaces. As an art theorist, he propagated a style that wanted to abolish the old disegno (design or drawing) versus colore (colour) rivalry. The drawing’s inscriptions make it clear that the representation was designed for a marriage. Centrally depicted are a man and a woman together holding a heart.
- Artwork typedrawing, aquarel, design
- Object numberRP-T-1971-105
- Dimensionsheight 520 mm x width 353 mm
- Physical characteristicsop ruiten gebracht in zwart krijt; pen in zwart, penseel in waterverf in kleuren