What is Eloquent silence (Rotta)?
{{Infobox painting | title = Eloquent silence | image = Antonio_Rotta,_Silenzio_eloquente,_1850,_Venezia.png | image_size = 250px | alt = See adjacent text. | other_language_1 = Italian | other_title_1 = Silenzio eloquente | other_language_2 = French | other_title_2 = Silence éloquent | artist = [[Antonio Rotta]] | year = 1850 | type = [[Oil painting|Oil]] on [[canvas]] | height_imperial = 26 | width_imperial = 36 | imperial_unit = in <!-- Note: this parameter must either use the value given or not be included --> | museum = Museum GAM Verona | city = | italic title = yes }} '''''Eloquent silence''''' (also known as '''''Silenzio eloquente''''') is a 19th-century [[Painting|painted]] in [[Oil painting|oil]] on [[panel]] made by [[Antonio Rotta]], in 1850, in [[Venice]], [[Italy]]. The artwork measures centimeters 26 x 36,<ref>[https://catalogo.beniculturali.it/detail/HistoricOrArtisticProperty/0500331054 Antonio rotta, Silenzio Eloquente, Galleria d'Arte Moderna Palazzo Forti, Verona, Catalogue général du Ministère du patrimoine culturel du gouvernement italien]</ref> exhibited at the Museum Palazzo Forti modern art gallery in Verona in Italy (named GAM Verona).<ref>[https://www.beni-culturali.eu/opere_d_arte/scheda/silenzio-eloquente-interno-con-figure-rotta-antonio-1828-1903-05-00331054/459501 Opera d'arte Silenzio eloquente di Rotta Antonio (1828/ 1903), a Verona, Ministère du patrimoine culturel du gouvernement italien]</ref> == Description == The art work describes the typical Venetian environnement noble du XVIIIème siècle la scène se déroule dans une salle avec un noble vénitien assis sur une chaise à trois pieds pendant que la dame lit sa correspondance. Antonio Rotta, who often portrays socially humble conditions, is a painter typically present in the homes of the high nobility of Italy and Europe. Rotta's works depicting intimate scenes in interiors that describe the daily life of the nobility are therefore the most precious. == Related pages == * [[Genre painting]] * [[The Hopeless Case (Rotta)]