# Musical Fête [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PANNINI, Giovanni Paolo]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 207 x 247 cm ## Commentary The painting depicts the musical fête given by the Cardinal de la Rochefoucauld at the Theatre Argentina, Rome, on 15 July 1747 in honour of the marriage of the Dauphin of France. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 8 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/18\_cent/bononcini\_sinfonia.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Giovanni Bononcini: Sinfonia decima a 7</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Alexander the Great at the Tomb of Achilles]() - [Alexander the Great Cutting the Gordian Knot]() - [Apostle Paul Preaching on the Ruins]() - [Architectural Capriccio]() - [Architectural Capriccio]() - [Belisarius at the Gate of Constantinople]() - [Capriccio of Classical Ruins]() - [Capriccio of Classical Ruins]() - [Charles III at St Peter's]() - [Classical Ruins with Figures]() - [Departure of the Duc de Choiseul from the Piazza di San Pietro]() - [Expulsion of the Moneychangers from the Temple]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()