Plate XLIX: Pastoral scene with peasants napping, one resting on a woman under a tree, a soldier approaches at right; from 'Studi di pittura gia dissegnati da Giambatista Piazzetta' after Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
Medium
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
Plate: 15 9/16 × 10 9/16 in. (39.5 × 26.8 cm) Sheet: 16 5/16 x 11 3/8 in. (41.4 x 28.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Robert L. and Bertina Suida Manning, in memory of William E. Suida, 1983
Accession Number
1983.1216.1
About the Artist
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta|Giuliano Giampiccoli · 1682–1754
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta was born in Venice in 1682 and trained first under his father, the sculptor and woodcarver Giacomo Piazzetta, before turning decisively to painting. The crucial formative experience of his career came when he traveled to Bologna to study under Giuseppe Maria Crespi, whose dramatic use of chiaroscuro — strong contrasts of light and shadow rooted in the Caravaggesque trad...