Pietro Longhi (Pietro Falca) (1701-1785)

• Was a Venetian painter.
• Pietro Longhi was born in Venice in the parish of Saint Maria.
• Pietro was the first child of the silversmith Alessandro Falca and his wife, Antonia.
• He adopted the Longhi last name when he began to paint.
• He was initially taught by the Veronese painter Antonio Balestra.
• Balestra then recommended the young painter to apprentice with the Bolognese Giuseppe Maria Crespi.
• In numerous paintings, Longhi depicts masked figures engaging in various acts from gambling to flirting.
• From 1763 Longhi was Director of the Academy of Drawing and Carving.
• From this period, he began to work extensively with portraiture, and was actively assisted by his son, Alessandro. • The painting displayed is a crop from: Pietro Longhi, A Fortune Teller at Venice, about 1756.
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Pietro Longhi, Exhibition of a Rhinoceros at Venice, probably 1751

Original, The National Gallery, London. Visited in 2018-19.

Pietro Longhi, Exhibition of a Rhinoceros at Venice, probably 1751

Pietro Longhi, A Fortune Teller at Venice, about 1756

Original, The National Gallery, London. Visited in 2018-19.

Pietro Longhi, A Fortune Teller at Venice, about 1756

Pietro Longhi, The Game of the Cooking Pot, c. 1744

Original, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Visited in 2017-2018.

Pietro Longhi, The Game of the Cooking Pot, c. 1744

Pietro Longhi, The Simulated Faint, c. 1745

Original, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Visited in 2017-2018.

Pietro Longhi, The Simulated Faint, c. 1745

Pietro Longhi, The Letter, 1746

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2024.

Pietro Longhi, The Letter, 1746

Pietro Longhi, The Dance, c. 1750

Original, Art Institute of Chicago. Visited in 2018-19.

Pietro Longhi, The Dance, c. 1750

Pietro Longhi, The Painter in His Studio, about 1741 - 1744

Original, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Visited in 2018.

Pietro Longhi, The Painter in His Studio, about 1741 - 1744

Pietro Longhi, The Music Lesson, c. 1760-70

Original, Staatliche Museum in Berlin, Gemäldegalerie. Visited in 2019.

Pietro Longhi, The Temptation, c. 1745

Original, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford. Visited in 2019.

Pietro Longhi, True Portrait of the Elephant, 1774

Original, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Visited in 2019.

Pietro Longhi, True Portrait of the Elephant, 1774

Pietro Longhi, The Tooth Puller, 1746-52

Original, Pinacoteka di Brera, Milan. Visited in 2019.

Pietro Longhi, The Tooth Puller, 1746-52

Pietro Longhi, Visit to a Library, about, 1760

Original, Worcester Art Museum, MA. Visited in 2020.

Pietro Longhi, Visit to a Library, about, 1760

Pietro Longhi, The Visit, 1746

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2021.

Pietro Longhi, The Visit, 1746

Pietro Longhi, The Meeting, 1746

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2021.

Pietro Longhi, The Meeting, 1746

Pietro Longhi, The Presentation, around 1740

Original, Louvre Museum, Paris. Visited in 2021.

Pietro Longhi, The Presentation, around 1740

Pietro Longhi, The Concert (The Mandolin Recital), ca. 1760

Original, Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Visited in 2022.

Pietro Longhi, The Music Lesson (The Bird Cage), ca. 1740-1745

Original, Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Visited in 2022.

Pietro Longhi, The Music Lesson (The Bird Cage), ca. 1740-1745

Follower of Pietro Longhi, Jugglers before the Doge`s Palace, ca. 1750-1760

Original, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main. Visited in 2022.

Follower of Pietro Longhi, Jugglers before the Doge`s Palace, ca. 1750-1760

Pietro Longhi, Portrait of Marchesa Concina di Udine

Original, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main. Visited in 2022.

Pietro Longhi, Portrait of Marchesa Concina di Udine