Artwork

A Venetian Procurator of San Marco [recto]

A Venetian Procurator of San Marco [recto], by Pietro Longhi, chalk, 1773
A Venetian Procurator of San Marco [recto], by Pietro Longhi, chalk, 1773

A Venetian Procurator of San Marco [recto] is a chalk drawing by the Baroque artist Pietro Longhi. It dates from 1773 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.

About this work

Overview

This drawing, titled A Venetian Procurator of San Marco, is a work by Pietro Longhi, executed in 1773.

Technique & Style

The drawing is rendered in black chalk, with highlights added in white, on a gray paper ground.

Artist & collection

Portrait of Pietro Longhi

Artist

Pietro Longhi

Pietro Longhi was a Venetian painter of contemporary genre scenes of life.

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