MAGGIOTTO, Domenico
(b. 1712, Venezia, d. 1794, Venezia)

Portrait of a Girl with a Dog

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Oil on canvas, 73 x 57 cm
Private collection

This painting has a dreamy quality accentuated by the soft colour palette and sensitive moulding of the sitter's features. It appears to be less a conventional portrait than a study of facial type and expression, in the style of Rembrandt's tronies. Maggiotto may have been aware of Rembrandt's work through his association with the painter Giuseppe Nogari who painted in a similar style.