- Title:
- Torchlight Procession
- Object name(s):
- Picture; French
- Brief description:
- Monticelli painted many imaginary scenes of costumed figures throughout his career. Here, a dozen characters are shown in colourful outfits, probably during a torchlight procession. The central figure in white appears to be dressed as Pulcinella, a character from Commedia dell'Arte plays. This subject was also used by Antoine Watteau, whom Monticelli greatly admired.Nevertheless, the authenticity of this painting has been doubted. Analysis carried out by National Gallery conservators has revealed that its technique imitates Monticelli's, while the picture is painted on pine and not on mahogany, which is the wood that Monticelli generally used. For these reasons, it is thought to have been painted by an imitator in the 1870s. Monticelli was admired by his contemporaries, and many of his companion artists were keen to emulate his style and technique.
- Collection:
- National Gallery
- Accession date:
- 1956-01-01
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1956
- Date - latest:
- 1956
- Acquisition source:
- Harry Wearne
- Credit line:
- Presented as part of the 'Harry Wearne Collection of Twelve Paintings by Monticelli' to the Tate Gallery, 1939; transferred, 1956
- Current location:
- Not on display
- Current reproduction location:
- 2/525/811/21/mid_N-5009-00-000007.jpg
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- Overall
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 30.50
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- Overall
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 48.90
- Form:
- None
- Inscription content:
- Signed
- Material:
- oil on wood
- Material:
- oil
- Material:
- wood
- Object name:
- Picture; French
- Object production date:
- probably 1870-86
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1870
- Date - latest:
- 1886
- Object production date:
- Date - period:
- 1850-74
- Date - period:
- 1875-99
- Object production person:
- Adolphe Monticelli
- Person's birth date:
- 1824
- Person's death date:
- 1886
- Object production place:
- France
- Other number:
- NG5009
- Other number type:
- object number
- Other number:
- 0ECB-0001-0000-0000
- Other number type:
- PID
- Other number:
- NG5009
- Other number type:
- display number
- Other number:
- 000-02NB-0000
- Other number type:
- PID (NG alternative)
- Other number:
- ng35009
- Other number type:
- sort number
- Responsible department/section:
- Main Collection
- Right note:
- To encourage the use and reuse of the National Gallery's collection data, they are released under the following dedications and licences: Structured data (as opposed to narrative texts) are released under a Creative Commons Zero dedication (CC0): https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Descriptions, notes and all other narrative text content are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence (CC BY): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Images are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 licence (CC BY-NC-ND): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
- Style:
- night scenes
- Style:
- figure studies
- Style:
- Impressionist
- User's reference:
- National Gallery Catalogues: French School: Early 19th Century, Impressionists, Post-Impressionists etc.
- Reference details:
- 108
- Reference note:
- Latest catalogue
- Reference type:
- reference
- User's reference:
- National Gallery Catalogues: French School
- Reference details:
- 162-3
- Reference note:
- Previous catalogues
- Reference type:
- reference
- User's reference:
- The National Gallery: Complete Illustrated Catalogue
- Reference details:
- 468
- Reference note:
- Key bibliography
- Reference type:
- reference
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Use licence for this record: CC BY
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