Artist: Rosalba Carriera
Date: 1730
Size: 57 x 43 cm
Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States Of America)
Technique: Laid Paper
Carriera became an international celebrity for her pastel portraits, leading her to tour European capitals and courts in the 1720s and 1730s. She was based in her native city of Venice, where she produced portraits particularly of international visitors. This is one of the most exuberant and well preserved of her works from this period. The Irishman Gustavus Hamilton visited Venice in the winters of 1730 and 1731 with his friend Edward Walpole, son of the English prime minister, to attend the city’s Carnival festivities. Hamilton wears the combined hat, veil, mask, and short cape, known as a bautta, typical for these celebrations.
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