Agate Head of Cleopatra
Giuseppe Grisoni
n.d.
Medium
Gouache, heightened with touches of gold paint, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
27.2 × 14.4 cm (10 3/4 × 5 11/16 in.)
Classification
gouache
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
115517
About the Artist
Giuseppe Grisoni · 1699–1769
Giuseppe Grisoni was born in Mons, in the Spanish Netherlands, in 1699, to an Italian family, and his career unfolded across multiple European courts and cultural centers, making him a quintessentially cosmopolitan figure of the early eighteenth century. He received his artistic training in Florence, where he absorbed the rich tradition of Florentine portraiture and absorbed the influence of the G...