Portasi in Valle il Cavalier... (Arrival of the Master)

1763

Marco Alvise Pitteri after Pietro Longhi

Associated Names
Marco Alvise Pitteri

Artist, Italian, 1702 - 1786

Pietro Longhi

Artist After, Venetian, 1702 - 1785

The image depicts multiple individuals in 18th-century attire surrounding a central figure. The central figure is wearing a tricorn hat, a long coat, knee-length pants, stockings, and buckled shoes. The other figures are dressed in simpler attire, with differing poses, facial features, and hairstyles. A small dog stands in the foreground, and the background shows an indistinct interior space with a high ceiling.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Cesare Morini, Milan (d. 2013); his widow, Karin Wachtel, Milan; (Stanza del Borgo, Milan); purchased 2014 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels

1922

  • Ravà, Aldo. Marco Pitteri incisore Veneziano. Florence, 1922: no. 272

Inscriptions

below image in plate: Petrus Longhi Pinxit Ven.is; Marcus Pitteri Sculpsit Ven.is / Portasi in Valle il Cavalier, cui piacque / Per solazzo cacciar gli augein dell'acque / Intrat Eques vallem gressu festinus ovanti, / Arte paludosas ut capiat volucres

Wikidata ID

Q77007935

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