The Dancer Barbara Campanini (c.1745). Antoine Pesne (French-born court painter of Prussia, 1683–175
The Dancer Barbara Campanini (c.1745). Antoine Pesne (French-born court painter of Prussia, 1683–1757). Oil on canvas. New Palace, Potsdam.Dance enlivens this portrait of the Italian ballerina Barbara Campanini, known as Barbarina. Frederick the Great would invite her to dance at the opera from 1744. This portrait from 1745 was originally installed just behind Frederick’s desk in his oval white and gold study at the Berlin Palace. -- source link
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