# The Visit, in 18th-century Italy

Pietro Longhi painted this in 1746, aged 44. It is now at The Met in New York.

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## The work

- Date: 1746
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 24 x 19 1/2 in. (61 x 49.5 cm)
- Type: Paintings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 14.32.2
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Pietro Longhi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/pietro-longhi), Italian, 1702–1785

Pietro Longhi, born Pietro Falca, trained with Antonio Balestra and then in Bologna with Giuseppe Maria Crespi, who encouraged his turn from history painting to genre.

4 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Pietro Longhi](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/pietro-longhi?hang=749) (4 works)
- [More Italian Settecento](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-settecento?hang=749) (25 works)
- [The 18th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18?hang=749) (347 works)

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