Alessandro Longhi (12 June 1733 – November 1813) was a Venetian

portrait A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this r ...

painter and printmaker in

etching Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other types ...

(mostly reproductions of paintings). He is known best for his oil portraits of Venetian nobles of state. His father was the famed

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painter

Pietro Longhi Pietro Longhi (1702 or November 5, 1701 – May 8, 1785) was a Venetian painter of contemporary genre scenes of life. Biography Pietro Longhi was born in Venice in the parish of Saint Maria, first child of the silversmith Alessandro Falca and ...

. He trained under his father and Giuseppe Nogari (1699–1763). Like

Sebastiano Bombelli Sebastiano Bombelli (October 1635; 4 May 1719) was an Italian painter, mainly active in Venice, during the Baroque period. Biography He was born in Udine on 14 or 15 October 1635 (baptized on the 15th), educated and trained under the guidance ...

in the prior century, Alessandro Longhi is noted for his zealous full-length depictions of robes and emblems of office. His "tumultuous and unusual (etching) technique shows first-hand knowledge of Rembrandt's etchings", according to Olimpia Theodoli.Jane Martineau and Andrew Robison (eds), ''The Glory of Venice, Art in the Eighteenth Century'' (exhib Cat RA London/NGA Washington) Yale UP, 1994

Works

*''Luigi and Alvise III Pisani and family'' *''Portrait of

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'' () *''Portrait of a Composer'', erroneously to be the ''Portrait of Domenico Cimarosa'' *''Portrait of a Lady'' () *''Portrait of a Gentleman'' () *''Portrait of a Gentleman'' () * ''Portrait of Bartholomeo Ferracino''

Ca' Rezzonico Ca' Rezzonico () is a palazzo and art museum on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro ''sestiere'' of Venice, Italy. It is a particularly notable example of the 18th century Venetian baroque and rococo architecture and interior decoration, and disp ...

Venice *''Couple 1 of 2'' *''Couple 2 of 2'' *''Portrait of Giambattista Piazzetta'' *''Portrait of Giuseppe Chiribiri (Cherubini)'' () *''Portrait of

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'' () *''Portrait of

Giacomo Casanova Giacomo Girolamo Casanova (, ; 2 April 1725 – 4 June 1798) was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. His autobiography, (''Story of My Life''), is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of information about the c ...

'' *''Portrait of Antonio Renier'' () *''Portrait of a Magistrate'' *''Painting and Merit'' *''The Visitation of the Virgin'' in

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Gallery

Alessandro Longhi - Portrait of Gentleman - WGA13393.jpg, Accademia - Painting and Merit by Alessandro Longhi.jpg, Carlo Lodoli by Alessandro Longhi.jpg, Ca' Rezzonico - Ritratto di Bartolomeo Ferracina (1777) - Alessandro Longhi.jpg, Alessandro Longhi - Portrait of a Lady - WGA13395.jpg, Portrait of Lady Alessandro Lonhi Ehepaar Damenbild.JPG, Alessandro Lonhi Ehepaar Herrenbild.JPG, Calonghi.jpg, Alessandro Longhi - Ritratto di Carlo Goldoni (c 1757) Ca Goldoni Venezia.jpg,

References

External links

''Italian Paintings, Venetian School''
a collection catalog containing information about Longhi and his works (see index; plate 44). 1733 births 1813 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian painters Italian engravers Italian portrait painters Painters from Venice 19th-century Italian male artists 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub