A Seated Slave

Pietro Antonio Novelli

mid-18th–early 19th century

A Seated Slave by Pietro Antonio Novelli

Medium

Pen and black ink, gray wash, over black chalk

Dimensions

18 1/8 x 12 3/16 in. (46 x 31 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Accession Number

1975.1.389

Tags

MenSlaves

About the Artist

Pietro Antonio Novelli · 17291804

**Pietro Antonio Novelli (1729–1804)** Pietro Antonio Novelli, a prolific Venetian painter, draughtsman, and engraver, trained under the esteemed Jacopo Amigoni and in the studio of Giambattista Pittoni, absorbing influences from Gaspare Diziani and Francesco Guardi. In 1768, he gained membership in the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia with his reception piece, *Allegory of the Arts*. Early in ...

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