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Design for a Ceiling Painting with a Nuptial Allegory
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
The now almost forgotten Novelli was once an important artist in Venice. He painted many decorations in the city’s palaces. As an art theorist, he propagated a style that wanted to abolish the old disegno (design or drawing) versus colore (colour) rivalry. The drawing’s inscriptions make it clear that the representation was designed for a marriage. Centrally depicted are a man and a woman together holding a heart.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDesign for a Ceiling Painting with a Nuptial Allegory. c. 1750 - c. 1775. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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