Who created "Portrait of Sophie Juliane von der Schulenburg"?

Portrait of Sophie Juliane von der Schulenburg was created by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta in c. 1531.

Portrait of Sophie Juliane von der Schulenburg

Q: When was "Portrait of Sophie Juliane von der Schulenburg" created?

This artwork was created c. 1531.

Q: What medium is "Portrait of Sophie Juliane von der Schulenburg"?

Portrait of Sophie Juliane von der Schulenburg is Black chalk with stumping, heightened with touches of white chalk, over traces of charcoal, on blue-gray laid paper, discolored to cream, laid down on cream wood pulp board.

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

c. 1531

Medium

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

Dimensions

51.2 × 38.8 cm (20 3/16 × 15 5/16 in.)

Classification

chalk

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

36176

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 Sophie Juliane von der Schulenburg

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