Portret van Giovanni Boccaccio
Demautort
1768
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
80; 122
About this artwork
blad: breedte 80 mm (binnen plaatrand afgesneden)
Art Historical Context
Welcome to our virtual gallery, where we encounter *Portret van Giovanni Baccio*, a delicate 1768 engraving by the artist Demautort. Measuring just 122 mm high by 80 mm wide, intimate portrait captures the likeness of the famed 14th-century Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio, author of the influential *Decameron*. during the Enlightenment era, when renewed interest in Renaissance humanists sparked a wave of scholarly portraits, this work reflects the period's admiration for Boccaccio's wit, storytelling, and contributions to early realism in literature. Engraving, the chosen medium, was a mast...