03 — ARTWORK
Village Fair
CRESPI, Giuseppe Maria · 1709 →
- MEDIUM
- Oil on canvas, 76 x 84 cm
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- Genre
PALETTE
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Crespi rejected the opaque quality of Bolognese academic art to develop a realist vein that enlivened his work as a painter in Venice and Parma. His best pictures express an affectionate and sharp-eyed participation in the minor moments of the life of simple, unaffected people. Crespi was also a skillful caricaturist, as is shown by his expulsion from the Accademia Ghisilieri in Bologna for having represented Count Cesare Malvasia, a highly respected compiler of the city's art history, as a plucked capon. This Village Fair is similar to the one in the Uffizi. It has the same warmth of colour, acute description of the characters and sympathetic participation in the life of the market day. <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, 9 minutes):<BR><A HREF="#" onClick="w=window.open ('/music1/18_cent/vivaldi_rv180_piacere.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350');w.opener=this;w.focus();return true"><B>Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C major RV 180 (Il Piacere, The Pleasure)</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Village Fair by CRESPI, Giuseppe Maria},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-09},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crespi-giuseppe-maria-rff45b5ed4c094e/village-fair-reaf05910b828e9},
urldate = {2026-09-09},
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}ACCESSED 2026-09-09. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
