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

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and

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

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'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 Giulio Contarini'' () *''Portrait of

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

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