3613961 The Meeting, c.1746 (oil on canvas) by Longhi, Pietro (c.1701-85); 61x49.5 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Outside a fashionable cafe in the arcade of the Procuratorie Nuove in St. Mark??? Square during Venice Carnival, a lady has removed her veil and bauta (characteristic Venetian type of white mask) under her tricorn hat revealing her face to a gentleman who is approaching her. Behind them a fitta palchi (vendor of theater boxes) is presenting them with keys. The implication is that the two lovers will meet for an amorous encounter in a box. Part of a series painted for the Gambardi family in Florence, see also 3618004, 3618005 and 3618008 ).