# The Dance, in Rococo

Pietro Longhi painted this in about 1750, aged about 43. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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## The work

- Date: c. 1750
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 61.6 × 49.6 cm (24 1/4 × 19 1/2 in.); Framed: 74.3 × 59.1 × 6.4 cm (29 1/4 × 23 1/4 × 2 1/2 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1932.52
- 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

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