Stone Basin
n.d.
Medium
Gouache with traces of gold paint, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
11.8 × 17 cm (4 11/16 × 6 3/4 in.)
Classification
gouache
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
115500
Art Historical Context
Giuseppe Grisoni’s “Stone Basin” offers a delicate glimpse into the artist’s mastery of intimate, decorative subjects. Created with gouache and subtle touches of gold paint over black chalk on ivory laid paper, this small work measures just under five by seven inches. The medium’s opaque, luminous qualities allow for rich color and fine detail, making it ideal for capturing the textures of stone and ornamental carving. As a work on paper from the Art Institute of Chicago’s Prints and Drawings collection, the piece highlights the 18th-century interest in classical motifs and elegant design stu...
About the Artist
Giuseppe Grisoni · 1699–1769
Giuseppe Grisoni was born in Mons, in the Spanish Netherlands, in 1699, to an Italian family, and his career unfolded across multiple European courts and cultural centers, making him a quintessentially cosmopolitan figure of the early eighteenth century. He received his artistic training in Florence, where he absorbed the rich tradition of Florentine portraiture and absorbed the influence of the G...