Alessandro Longhi
Alessandro Longhi ( born June 12, 1733 in Venice, † November 1813 ibid ) was the leading portrait painter of the Venetian 18th century.
He was the son of Pietro Longhi and learned from his father and with the portrait painter Giuseppe Nogari. In addition to paintings especially of Venetian dignitaries and nobles (but also ordinary people from Venice, she was having to visit in Venice alien he has hardly represents ), he was also known for his engravings. In 1757 he exhibited for the first time and a year later was already established ( with portraits of the Pisani family). In 1759 he became a member of the Venetian Academy of Arts.
According to L. Vertova he placed great emphasis on presentation of the materials in his portraits, which often show smiling the rest, the person with the insignia of their work. He kept the painting also like in a dominant hue, whose graduation he presented then. Less successful was he with religious works (as in San Pantaleon in Venice).
In 1762 he published his book Compendio delle Vite de ' piu Pittori Veneziani Istorici rinomati del presente secolo with biographies Venetian artists.
A married couple ( circa 1785 ), Mr. Image, Lower Saxony State Museum
Giacomo Casanova