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Longhi 1757 Magrath the giant and rhino |
Author: |
Pietro Longhi 1701-1785 |
Year: |
1751 |
Description: |
Pignatti 1969, p.105 MAGRATH THE GIANT AND THE RHINOCEROS. Plate 209c. Oil on canvas, 50.5x64 cm. Perhaps from the Count Mapelli collection, Bergamo. This unpublished work is a composition to the Forlana. Longhi had evidently been commissioned to repeat two earlier works (pl. 116 and 179). In fact the original descriptions appear here as a reminder. The painting appears in a good state of preservation. Showing the deeper tones of the late period, with vibrant touches of light in the faces and clothes. *Painting: Magrath the giant was dated 1757, in Ca’Rezzonico [Internet: Pietro Longhi, 1757, “True portrait of the Giant Cornelio Magrat the Irishman; he came to Venice in the year 1757; born 1st January 1737, he is 7 feet tall and weighs 420 pounds. Painted on commission from the Noble Gentleman Giovanni Grimani dei Servi, Patrician of Venice.” Museo di Rezzonico, Venice.] |
Location: |
Captive |
Subject: |
Captivity - Before 1800 |
Species: |
Indian Rhino |
File Size: |
37,3 kb |
Dimensions: |
621x502 px |
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