The Peep-Show

1765/1766

Pietro Antonio Novelli

Associated Names
Pietro Antonio Novelli

Artist, Venetian, 1729 - 1804

This drawing shows multiple figures around a large box structure. The group of individuals are focused on the box, some objects are on the ground nearby. The figures are looking into the box with interest. The drawing features expressive lines and details depicting the curiosity of the scene.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Schaffer Galleries, New York: purchased 1962 Julius S. Held [1905-2002], Old Bennington, VT.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1970

  • Selections from the Drawing Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Held, University Art Gallery, Binghamton; traveling exhibition, 1970, no. 129.

1979

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of Ingrid and Julius S. Held, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown; traveling exhibition, 1979, no. 30.

1994

  • The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, and National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, 357, 358, 471, no. 251 (repro. p. 358, color)(entry by Olipmia Theodoli).

2003

  • "Il Gran Teatro del Mondo: L'Anima e il Volto del Settecento", Palazzo Reale, Milan, 2003-2004, no. II.66.

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 105.

Bibliography

1968

  • Munhall, E. Apollo 84 (1968): fig.6.

1970

  • Selections from the Drawing Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Held. Exh. cat. University Art Gallery, Binghamton, 1970: 26.

1979

  • Master drawings from the Collection of Ingrid and Julius S. Held. Exh cat. Burlington, VT, Robert Hull Fleming Museum 1979: 43.

1994

  • The Glory of Venice. Exh. cat. Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museo del Settecento Veneziano - Ca'Rezzonico, Venice; Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, 1994-1995: no. 251.

2003

  • Caroli, Flavio. Il Gran Teatro del Mondo. Skira, Milan, 2003: 438-439.

Inscriptions

upper left verso in black ink: P.A.Novelli / (unidentified signature); upper center verso in blue ink, underlined: Il Diorama;center left verso in blue ink: 17 x 24 cm.

Wikidata ID

Q64619663

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