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A Ball at the Ridotto in Venice (recto)
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1727-1804
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Width: 26.9 cm
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In 1683, the Venetian government converted a wing of Palazzo Dandolo into Europe’s first public casino, the Ridotto. The name comes from the Italian verb for to ‘make private’ or ‘close off,’ as only a few could afford the expensive clothing required to play at the tables. Theatre foyers were also described as ridotti.
This drawing captures the lively atmosphere of these venues. A fashionable crowd wearing masks and fancy hats surrounds a couple of dancers. They may be performing the Furlana, a fast-paced dance popular at the time. The composition relates to a painting by Tiepolo called A Dance in the Country (New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv. no. 1980.67).
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Exhibition History
A Passion for Drawings, Collectors at the Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 28/02/2002-09/06/2002
Mantegna to Cezanne - Master Drawings from the Courtauld, British Museum, London, 24/02/1983-19/06/1983 ...More
Old Master Drawings, Colnaghi, London, 30/05/1957-29/06/1957 ...Less
Literature
no. 75, pp. 69-70
ill. on p. 85
Fahy, Everett and Sir Francis Watson, The Wrightsman Collection. Vol. 5 paintings, drawings, sculpture, New York 1973
Seilern, Count Antoine, Corrigenda and Addenda to the Catalogue of paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, London 1971
no. 163 ...More
Byam Shaw, James, The drawings of Domenico Tiepolo, London 1962
pp. 28, 47, 66, 86, no. 62
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Seilern, Count Antoine, Italian paintings and drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London, SW7, London 1959; II
no. 163
pl. CXXIII ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower left, light brown ink, signed by the artist (? see comments that it looks a bit 'odd'), smudged: “[Do]menico Tiepolo invento / e fece”. Verso: upper left, graphite: “pas oro”; lower left, graphite: “26 x 12 1/2 / 10 10 / [sum line] / 36 x 22 1/2”; lower right, graphite: “636” [suggested in Knox 1980 to be related to the lot in the 1882 Bossi-Beyerlen sale]; lower right edge, brown ink: “No 2878. 1.f C. N[...]” [currency in florins, found only on Bossi-Beyerlen drawings and suggested by Knox 1980 to be Domenico’s own code].
Collector's mark: none.
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