About Gaspare Traversi
1722–1770 · Rococo
a Neapolitan Hogarth whose crowded bourgeois interiors feel more like photographs than Baroque compositions
Read full biography →Gaspare Traversi's works are held in 16 museums worldwide, including The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Louvre, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
🇦🇹 Austria
1 museum
- 1 works
Führermuseum
Linz, Austria
🇫🇷 France
3 museums
- 2 works
Louvre
Paris, France
Wed–Mon 09:00–18:00 (Fri until 21:45); closed Tue€22 adults, free under-18Palais-Royal – Musée du Louvre (1, 7)Confirm on museum website before visiting. -
2 works
Musée Granet
Aix-en-Provence, France
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1 works
Musée Magnin
Hôtel Lantin (Dijon), France
🇩🇪 Germany
2 museums
- 1 works
Munich Central Collecting Point
Munich, Germany
- 1 works
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
🇮🇹 Italy
1 museum
- 1 works
Museo di Capodimonte
Palace of Capodimonte, Italy
🇵🇱 Poland
1 museum
- 1 works
National Museum in Warsaw
Aleje Jerozolimskie, Poland
Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00; closed Mon25 PLN adults, free on TuesdaysCentrum (M1)Confirm on museum website before visiting.
🇷🇺 Russia
1 museum
- 2 works
Hermitage Museum
Winter Palace, Russia
Tue, Thu, Sat–Sun 10:30–18:00; Wed, Fri 10:30–21:00; closed Mon500 RUB adults (Russian residents), 1000 RUB internationalAdmiralteyskaya (5 (Frunzensko-Primorskaya))Confirm on museum website before visiting.
🇺🇸 United States
7 museums
- 2 works
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, United States
- 2 works
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, United States
Sun–Tue, Thu 10:00–17:00; Fri–Sat 10:00–21:00; closed WedAdults $30, students $17 (pay-what-you-wish for NY residents)86 St (4, 5, 6)Confirm on museum website before visiting. - 1 works
University of Michigan Museum of Art
Ann Arbor, United States
- 1 works
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
- 1 works
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Boston, United States
- 1 works
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, United States
- 1 works
Museo de Arte de Ponce
Ponce, United States
Frequently Asked Questions
Who was Gaspare Traversi?
Gaspare Traversi was an 18th-century Neapolitan artist, born in Naples in 1722. Often called a Neapolitan Hogarth, Traversi is known for his genre scenes of bourgeois life.What is Gaspare Traversi known for?
Gaspare Traversi is known for his genre scenes of bourgeois life. His paintings depict crowded interiors with lively faces and theatrically staged social comedy.What was Gaspare Traversi's art style?
Traversi's style involved packing crowded interiors with lively faces and compressed, theatrically staged social comedy. His works feel remarkably modern, closer to a photograph caught mid-argument than to the formal compositions of his Baroque contemporaries.
Sources
Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Gaspare Traversi's works across the following collections.
- [1] museum Musée Granet Used for: museum holdings.
- [2] museum Musée Magnin Used for: museum holdings.
- [3] museum Davis Museum and Cultural Center Used for: museum holdings.
- [4] book Beard, Lee, 1973- author, Butler, Adam, author; Van Cleave, Claire, author; Fortenberry, Diane, author; Stirling, Susan, author, Beard, Lee, 1973- author, Butler, Adam, author; Van Cleave, Claire, author; Fortenberry, Diane, author; Stirling, Susan, author - The Art Book_ New Edition, Mini Format Used for: biography.
- [5] book Lilian H. Zirpolo, Historical Dictionary of Baroque Art and Architecture Used for: biography.
- [6] book Allison Lee Palmer, Historical Dictionary of Neoclassical Art and Architecture Used for: biography.
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