An Italian Comedy in Verona - Marco Marcola

Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne

"An Italian Comedy in Verona" by Marco Marcola (1772) Oil on canvas.

Commentary

"An Italian Comedy in Verona" by Marco Marcola (1772) invites a close look at how form and feeling work together. Its painted surface guides your eye through color, brushwork, and contrast rather than through narrative alone. Th emes to notice include 18th Century, painting. This piece is held in the source collection's Painting and Sculpture of Europe collection. Marco Marcola is the artist behind this work. A useful anchor for reading the piece: Marco Marcola (Italian, 1740–1793). The work is cataloged within a Italy cultural context. It is associated with the 18th Century period. How to look at this work: It is cataloged as painting, which gives a clue to how the museum frames the object. Its medium (Oil on canvas) affects texture, durability, and how detail reads at different distances. Its listed dimensions (115.3 × 84.2 cm (45 3/8 × 32 5/8 in.); Framed: 122 × 92.3 × 7.7 cm (48 × 36 3/8 × 3 in.)) suggest how intimate or monumental it may feel in person. Subject cues from the catalog include 18th Century, painting. Compare this reading with the museum record at the source collection: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/5502

Sources: Art Institute of Chicago; Art Institute of Chicago / Public Records; Art Institute of Chicago Collection Data