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Attributed to Pier Leone Ghezzi

A Musical Group, ca. 1730

Now On View

Description

Maker

  • Attributed to Pier Leone Ghezzi, 1674-1755, Italian

Title

A Musical Group

Year

ca. 1730

Medium

Oil on canvas

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • oil paint

Supports

  • canvas

Dimensions

122.2 x 170.5 cm (48 1/8 x 67 1/8 inches)

Type

  • Paintings

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

44.161

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Intermission

December 16, 2016 - July 2, 2017

From the Reserve I

April 9 - August 3, 1994

European Galleries

This exuberant group portrait may represent the music, acting, and dramatic narrative of the opera. At its center a woman holds a laurel wreath, an attribute of poets. The gentleman at left holds a theatrical mask, while the musician at right plays a lute. Behind them, two men appear to comment on their performance. The characters’ highly individualized faces indicate that the models were recognizable personalities in Italian society, as artists and patrons of the arts.

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