Who created "The Meeting"?

The Meeting was created by Pietro Longhi (Pietro Falca) in 1746.

Is "The Meeting" in the public domain?

Yes, The Meeting is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

The Meeting

Pietro Longhi (Pietro Falca)

1746

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

24 x 19 1/2 in. (61 x 49.5 cm)

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Samuel H. Kress, 1936

Accession Number

36.16

Tags

MasksMenWomen

Art Historical Context

Pietro Longhi's *The Meeting* (1746), a delicate oil on canvas measuring 24 x 19½ inches, captures an intimate encounter between a masked man and woman amid Venice's vibrant Carnival season. Rendered in Longhi's signature style, small-scale painting draws viewers into a moment of flirtation and intrigue, where the anonymity of masks—ubiquitous in 18th-century Venetian festivities—blurs social boundaries and sparks hidden desires. As a leading Venetian genre painter of the Rococo period, Longhi excelled at chronicling the daily lives of the city's bourgeoisie with sharp observation and subtle ...

The Meeting

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