Drawing for Engraving in Raccolta di Vari Schizzi, Venice, 1747, After Angelo Rosis.
ca. 1747
Medium
Pen and light and dark brown ink, over faint traces of graphite underdrawing; framing outline in graphite
Dimensions
sheet: 13 1/2 x 9 9/16 in. (34.3 x 24.3 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1971
Accession Number
1971.513.34
Art Historical Context
Created around 1747 by Venetian artist and engraver Antonio Maria Visini (1688–1782), this drawing served as a preparatory study for an engraving in theRaccolta di Variizzi* (Collection of Various Sketches), a Venetian showcasing diverse designs. Visentini, renowned for meticulously reproducing architectural views and ornaments by contemporaries like Canaletto, here worked after Angelo Rosis, intricate ornamental and architectural motifs typical of 18th-century's Rococo elegance. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's and Prints department, it reflects the city's vibrant culture of printma...