Plate 3: Boy with a hat touching the face of a girl; from 'Icones ad vivum expressae' after Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Plate: 17 11/16 x 13 5/16 in. (45 x 33.8 cm) Sheet: 21 7/8 × 15 9/16 in. (55.6 × 39.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.40.4
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the intimate etching *Plate 3: Boy a Hat Touching the Face of a*, from the series *Icones vivum expressae*Icons Expressed from Life"), Giovanniini masterfully reproduces a drawing by Venetian Rococo artist Giovanni Battista Piazzetta Created in 1743, this captures a tender, spontaneous moment between two children—a boy in a hat gently caressing a girl's face—evoking the playful innocence of youth amid the elegance of 18th-century. Piazzetta, renowned for his sensitive portrayals of heads and figures, drew from live models, infusing his works with lifelike warmth and emotional depth that def...
About the Artist
Giovanni Cattini|Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian|Italian) · 1715 |1682 –1800 |1754
Italian, Venice ca. 1715–ca. 1800 Venice|Italian, Venice 1682–1754 Venice