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The image shows multiple individuals depicted in a detailed, classical artistic style. A seated, bearded man in an elaborate headdress and robe is at the center, with two figures reaching towards each other next to him. The surrounding figures, dressed in various garments, include men and women standing, sitting, or kneeling. One woman holds a child, and the background includes intricate architectural elements, such as columns and a patterned wall.
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The image shows multiple individuals depicted in a detailed, classical artistic style. A seated, bearded man in an elaborate headdress and robe is at the center, with two figures reaching towards each other next to him. The surrounding figures, dressed in various garments, include men and women standing, sitting, or kneeling. One woman holds a child, and the background includes intricate architectural elements, such as columns and a patterned wall.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Marriage Ceremony

Gaspare Diziani

Date
early 18th century
Medium
red chalk on laid paper, laid down on old mount
Dimensions
sheet: 13.6 × 27.1 cm (5 3/8 × 10 11/16 in.) mount: 14.9 × 28.2 cm (5 7/8 × 11 1/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2018.26.10
Credit line
The Edith Tanenbaum Rudolf Collection
Time span
1651 to 1700
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Seated figure
  • Woman
  • child
  • portrait
  • Man
  • Figures
Provenance

Richard Cosway(?) [1742 - 1821], London (Lugt 628; mark only partially legible). (Mathias Komor, New York, as Noel-Nicolas Coypel); Mr. and Mrs. William Rudolf, Washington, DC, 1973 (as Noel-Nicolas Coypel); gift to NGA, 2018.

Inscription

by later hand, center of mount in brown ink: Nicolas Coypel; by later hand, lower right in graphite: x.61883 / G9 / RLOT; #14

NGA object ID 213139. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.