1748
unspecified
From the collection of Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Dominant colour
St. Anna, accompanied by St. Peter and St. Anthony of Padua, instructs the young Mary in reading the Holy Bible is a 1748 unspecified by Giambattista Pittoni, a Rococo painting work, held at Gemäldegalerie Berlin.
This painting shows a woman sitting on a pedestal, surrounded by three other people. She is wearing a long white robe and has a book in her lap. The people around her are also dressed in long robes, and one of them is kneeling on the ground. The woman is pointing to the book, and the people around her seem to be looking at it with interest. The background of the painting is dark, which makes the figures stand out. The painting is called "St. Anna, accompanied by St. Peter and St. Anthony of Padua, instructs the young Mary in reading the Holy Bible" and was created by Giambattista Pittoni in 1748. To learn more about this style of painting, look up the technique of chiaroscuro.
Giambattista Pittoni or Giovanni Battista Pittoni (6 June 1687 – 6 November 1767) was a Venetian painter of the late Baroque or Rococo period.
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