Venus with Doves
1781–1835
Medium
Pen and ink, brush and brown wash
Dimensions
Diameter: 5 1/2 in. (14.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Cephas G. Thompson, 1887
Accession Number
87.12.165
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About this artwork
Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781-1835), a Roman artist celebrated for his depictions of Italian popular life and classical subjects, created this circular drawing of Venus with doves using pen and ink with brush and brown wash. The 5½ inch diameter composition exemplifies Pinelli's facility in adapting classical mythology to Neoclassical and Romantic tastes. Born in Rome and trained in the classical tradition, Pinelli became famous for illustrations of Roman street life, festivals, and customs, while al...
About the Artist
Bartolomeo Pinelli · 1781–1835
Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781–1835) was an Italian artist and printmaker who became one of the most popular and prolific chroniclers of Roman popular life in the early nineteenth century. Born in Rome, he trained at the Accademia di San Luca and demonstrated precocious talent in drawing and sculpture, though it was as an engraver and illustrator that he found his true vocation and his widest audience. ...