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Military Cavaliers Entering Town Accompanied by a Turbaned Torch-bearer. In the foreground: Two Seated Women and a Child (recto); Several Cooks, and Two Pages with a Platter in a Kitchen Yard (verso)

Corrado Giaquinto

1703–66

Military Cavaliers Entering Town Accompanied by a Turbaned Torch-bearer. In the foreground: Two Seated Women and a Child (recto); Several Cooks, and Two Pages with a Platter in a Kitchen Yard (verso) by Corrado Giaquinto

Medium

Pen and gray ink, and black chalk, on beige laid paper

Dimensions

7-3/4 x 9-7/8 in. (19.7 x 25.1 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Henry Walters, 1917

Accession Number

17.236.40

Tags

MilitaryInfantsMenWomenHorses

Art Historical Context

Corrado Giaquinto, a leading Italian Rococo artist (1703–1766), dynamic scenes of everyday grandeur in this double-sided drawing on beige laid paper. The recto depicts military cavaliers on horseback entering a town, led by a turbaned torch-bearer exotic figure evoking 18th-century fascination with Eastern motifs. In the foreground, two seated women and a child add tender, domestic contrast, highlighting Giaquinto's skill in blending movement and intimacy, characteristic of the Rococo's elegant, theatrical style. The verso reveals a bustling kitchen yard with several cooks and two pages carry...

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