Tag: 1720

Ritratto di un uomo (1720s)

Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757) Ritratto di un uomo (Portrait of a Man) 1720s Pastel on paper, 57.8 × 47 cm National Gallery, London An unknown man looks out from this portrait with a self-assured stare. His rosy lips, soft eyes and pale, youthful…

Scipione l’Africano libera Massiva (1719-1721)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Scipione l’Africano libera Massiva (Scipio Africanus Freeing Massiva) 1719–1721 Oil on canvas, 279.4 x 487.6 cm Walters Art Museum, Baltimore See also: • Scipio Africanus, Publius Cornelius (236-183 BC)

Piazza San Marco (late 1720s)

Canaletto (1697-1768) Piazza San Marco (St Mark’s Square) late 1720s Oil on canvas, 68.6 x 112.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The most celebrated view painter of eighteenth-century Venice, Canaletto was particularly popular with British visitors to the…

1720

Music: • Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Concertos for Violin or Oboe, Op.7 (1720) Architecture: • Mortlake Terrace built in London. Art: • Canaletto (1697-1768): Piazza San Marco (late 1720s) • Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757): Allegoria della primavera (c.1720) • Carriera, Rosalba (1675-1757): Allegoria dell’autunno (c.1720) • Carriera,…