# Ladies Concert at the Philharmonic Hall [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GUARDI, Francesco]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 68 x 91 cm ## Commentary This is one of Guardi's masterpieces. Because it depicts an event that actually took place we can date it with accuracy. It therefore provides an essential reference point for the whole of Guardi's oeuvre. The scene was, in fact, one of a number from a cycle that has since been scattered. It shows the celebration organized in honour of the Russian "Counts of the North" who visited Venice in 1782. This canvas shows the famous chorus of orphan girls assembled from the Conservatorio della Pietà, one of the most famous vocal and instrumental ensembles in the whole of Europe. During the first half of the century the Pietà's all-female orchestra had been conducted by Antonio Vivaldi and had reached a pinnacle of excellence in its performances, impressing the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau among other foreign visitors. ## Related artworks - [An Architectural Caprice]() - [Audience Granted by the Doge]() - [Bacino di San Marco with San Giorgio and the Giudecca]() - [Bridge at Dolo]() - [Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo]() - [Canal Grande with Santa Lucia and the Scalzi Church]() - [Capriccio with Venetian Motifs]() - [Carnival Thursday on the Piazzetta]() - [Church of Santa Maria Zobenigo]() - [Doge Alvise IV Mocenigo Appears to the People in St Mark's Basilica in 1763]() - [Fire in the Oil Depot at San Marcuola]() - [Fire in the San Marcuola Oil Depot]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()