Drawing of the Lottery in the Piazza delle Erbe in Turin
Artist
Giovanni Michele Graneri
(Italian, 1708 – 1778)
Datec. 1756
CultureItalian
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationPaintings
ProvenanceBy 1781, Onorato Derossi, Turin. Edgar Mills (d. 1928), New York; (sold Mills sale, Samuel Marx, New York, 11–14 November 1930, lot 194, as “Pietro Longhi, Market Place with Numerous Figures”); John Ringling (1866–1936), Sarasota, Florida; bequest in 1936 to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida.
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN195
Graneri was born in Turin, and his detailed depictions of life in that city are among his most enduring and beloved works. This painting may have been part of a series, as two other similar works survive, and all three have the same original (and unusual) papier-mâché frames. The lottery shown here—the drawing is taking place on the balcony at center—would have benefited a civic charity. Graneri was particularly adept at capturing both the grandeur of the city’s architecture and the everyday details of the market square.
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On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Gallery 18, Wall South
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