This painting shows five individuals in an indoor setting. Four are standing, while one person with long dark hair is seated on a chair in the bottom left corner, wearing a long dark green robe. In the center of the painting is a group of three people, including a man in a light gold embroidered coat and white breeches with a white wig. In the middle of this trio is a woman in an elaborate ivory gown with pink lace details, holding a fan and wearing a floral pink accessory in her white powdered hair. Another woman stands slightly behind her, dressed in a brown gown with gray styled hair. On…
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The Game of the Cooking Pot

Pietro Longhi (Venetian, 1702 - 1785)

c. 1744

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 49.9 x 61.7 cm (19 5/8 x 24 5/16 in.) ; framed: 65.4 x 55.9 x 3.8 cm (25 3/4 x 22 x 1 1/2 in.)
Culture
Venetian
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-B
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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