# The Confession

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/longhi-pietro-r6126aa7daf23cc/the-confession-r45948ec80e1693>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [LONGHI, Pietro](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/longhi-pietro-r6126aa7daf23cc>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 61 x 50 cm

## Commentary

After devoting his efforts to historical painting, from the 1730s he concentrated on portraying the society of his day with a subtle vein of irony.

## Related artworks

- [A Theatrical Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/longhi-pietro-r6126aa7daf23cc/a-theatrical-scene-ra9853c9bc519b8>)
- [An Interior](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/longhi-pietro-r6126aa7daf23cc/an-interior-refb10c11472a25>)
- [Arriving for the Hunt](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/longhi-pietro-r6126aa7daf23cc/arriving-for-the-hunt-r0a3cc33304e979>)
- [Duck Hunters on the Lagoon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/longhi-pietro-r6126aa7daf23cc/duck-hunters-on-the-lagoon-r73f61b10d3d3f3>)
- [Fall of the Giants \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/longhi-pietro-r6126aa7daf23cc/fall-of-the-giants-detail-r1b978cff2232e2>)
- [Fall of the Giants \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/longhi-pietro-r6126aa7daf23cc/fall-of-the-giants-detail-r26a44b627f21e8>)
- [Fall of the Giants \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/longhi-pietro-r6126aa7daf23cc/fall-of-the-giants-detail-r7285fe46718601>)
- [Fall of the Giants \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/longhi-pietro-r6126aa7daf23cc/fall-of-the-giants-detail-rabc5e2842c11f4>)
- [Fall of the Giants](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/longhi-pietro-r6126aa7daf23cc/fall-of-the-giants-r801ab0933f8587>)
- [Fall of the Giants](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/longhi-pietro-r6126aa7daf23cc/fall-of-the-giants-rd74e08e22c1747>)
- [Il Ridotto](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/longhi-pietro-r6126aa7daf23cc/il-ridotto-r16a16faca9a2b9>)
- [Lute Player](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/longhi-pietro-r6126aa7daf23cc/lute-player-r9308d2fed1f91e>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)