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F.Y. Bobrov

St Petersburg Repin Academy of Fine Arts

Y.G. Bobrov

St Petersburg Repin Academy of Fine Arts
ID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8608-0133

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62625/2782-1889.2025.73.73.001

Pietro della Vecchia. Restoration and Attribution of a Newly Discovered Painting by a Venetian Artist

Abstract

The article represents the first publication of the recently discovered painting belonging to the circle of Venetian artist Pietro della Vecchia (1603–1678) from a private collection. The subject of the painting and the suggestions about expected author were made due to the course of its conservation and technical researches. Bright images and their typical iconography were inspired by the personages of the “Comedia del Arte” who had been popular in the Venetian everyday life and art. A comparison with the compositions by Pietro della Vecchia himself, which are similar in subject, characters, manner and technique of painting, gave reason to consider it the work of the workshop of the famous Venetian artist. That suggestion is based on the several analogies, similar to it by their technique, style and subject, especially on comparison with another depiction of the same scene known under the title “The Old and Young Couple” (1652–1660) by Pietro della Vecchia at the Galeria Estense in Modena. Both compositions depict popular grotesque types of “Vecchi” (Old people), “Innomoranti” (Lovers) and “Zani” (Servants). Technical data, wood panel, gesso, pigments and paint medium definitely confirm their similarity.

Keywords

Venetian painting; Commedia dell'Arte; Pietro della Vecchia; typical personages "Vecchi"; "Lovers"; "Zani"; academy; workshop;

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Pietro della Vecchia. Restoration and Attribution of a Newly Discovered Painting by a Venetian Artist // Scientific Papers of St Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts’73. Issues of the Foreign Art Development. 2025 СПб. : СПб. акад. художеств, 2025. 196 с. C. . https://doi.org/10.62625/2782-1889.2025.73.73.001


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