LONGHI, Pietro
(b. 1702, Venezia, d. 1785, Venezia)

The Apothecary

c. 1752
Oil on canvas, 59 x 48 cm
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

With the artist's signature on the back, this is probably his most famous painting. The interior evokes with extraordinary success an 18th-century apothecary shop.