Portrait of Natale Schiavoni

In Venice too the reaction against classicism took place under the sign of the rediscovery of reality, without, however, repudiating the aristocratic lightness of touch and the good-natured irony that remained among the most vital legacies of the 18th century. There is no doubt, in fact, that both Borro and Dal Zotto looked with interest at the Bonazza and at Pietro Longhi's gallery of characters.