Stone Urn
n.d.
Medium
Gouache, heightened with touches of gold paint, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
14.4 × 12.5 cm (5 11/16 × 4 15/16 in.)
Classification
gouache
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
115499
Art Historical Context
Nestled in the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints Drawings collection, *Stone Urn* by Giuseppe Grisoni showcases the artist's masterful command of intricate mixed media. Created as an undated gouache heightened with delicate touches of gold over black chalk on ivory laid paper, this petite work measures just 14.4 × 12.5 cm. The luxurious ivory support and opulent gold accents evoke the refinement of 18th-century European draftsmanship, where such techniques mimicked the glow of illuminated manuscripts or jeweled miniatures. Grisoni, a painter and draughtsman active in Italy and England during ...
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...