Quick facts for kids Head of the Virgin |
| Italian: La Testa della Vergine, French: La Tête de Vierge |
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| Artist |
Giambattista Pittoni |
| Year |
c. 1730 |
| Type |
Oil on poplar |
| Dimensions |
110 cm × 89 cm (44 in × 35 in) |
| Location |
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg, Strasbourg |
Head of the Virgin (also known as La Tête de Vierge or La Testa della Vergine) is a 18th-century portrait painted in oil by Giambattista Pittoni, made around 1730, during the Rococo in Venice, Italy, exhibited at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg. Many people think Head of the Virgin's eyes glance is mysterious, as at the time it was not portrayed with a low gaze.
Description
The remote pictorial touch, the delicate palette, are typical Pittoni characteristics. The work is the detail of the great painting that can be found in the National Gallery in London titled «The Nativity with God the Father and the Holy Spirit». The painting could be a cover created for sale by Pittoni or a preparatory sketch (The Croquis) for the altarpiece as for the similar work from Berlin.
«The Nativity with God the Father and the Holy Spirit», from the
National Gallery in London.
