# The Dancer Barbara Campanini [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PESNE, Antoine]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 221 x 140 cm ## Commentary The Dancer Barbara Campanini c. 1745 Oil on canvas, 221 x 140 cm Neues Palais, Potsdam Dance enlivens this portrait of the Italian ballerina Barbara Campanini, known as Barbarina. She left for Paris in 1739, and then went to London for a still more successful career. By 1744 she was a famous dancer in Venice, and Frederick the Great would invite her to dance at the opera from 1744 to 1748. This portrait from 1745 was originally installed just behind Frederick's desk in his oval white and gold study at the Berlin Palace. <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 \(streaming mp3, 4 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/19\_cent/rossini\_la\_danza.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Gioacchino Rossini: La Danza</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Frederick the Great as Crown Prince]() - [Girl with Pigeons]() - [Jean Mariette, Engraver]() - [Marianne Cochois]() - [Portrait of Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff]() - [Portrait of Johanna Elisabeth, Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst]() - [Self-Portrait with Daughters]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()