Who created "The Visit"?

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

Is "The Visit" in the public domain?

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

The Visit

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

Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1912

Accession Number

14.32.2

Tags

InteriorsMenWomenDogs

Art Historical Context

Step into the intimate world of 18th Venice with Pietro Longhi's *The Visit* (1746), a charming oil-on-canvas painting measuring just 24 x 19½ inches. Longhi, born Pietro Falca, was a master of Venetian Rococo genre scenes, capturing the everyday elegance of bourgeois life with delicate precision and subtle humor. This small-scale work, now in the Metropolitan Museum of's European Paintings collection (acquired via the Frederick. Hewitt Fund in 2), exemplifies his specialty in domestic interiors. The scene likely unfolds in a cozy Venetian home, where men and women engage in a polite social c...

The Visit

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