Who created "Portrait of a Man"?

Portrait of a Man was created by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta in c. 1730.

When was "Portrait of a Man" created?

This artwork was created c. 1730.

Portrait of a Man

Q: What medium is "Portrait of a Man"?

Portrait of a Man is Black chalk with stumping, with traces of charcoal, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue-gray laid paper, discolored to cream, laid down on cream wood pulp board.

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

c. 1730

Medium

Black chalk with stumping, with traces of charcoal, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue-gray laid paper, discolored to cream, laid down on cream wood pulp board

Dimensions

39.3 × 29.6 cm (15 1/2 × 11 11/16 in.)

Classification

chalk

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

36190

About the Artist

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta · 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...

Portrait of a Man

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