Sujet

A Boy Holding a Pear (Giacomo Piazzetta?), about 1737. Creator: Giovanni Battista Piazzetta.

Légende

A Boy Holding a Pear (Giacomo Piazzetta?), about 1737. Additional Info: A chubby-faced young boy stares out at us, as he holds up a small pear in his left hand. The youth is probably the artist's son Giacomo Piazzetta, drawn when he was about ten or eleven years old. He wears a dark cap decorated with a feather on his head, while an elaborately patterned vest covers a white shirt with wide, billowing sleeves and a lacy collar. This captivating drawing shows Giovanni Battista Piazzetta's skill at capturing both his son's character and the different fabrics he wears. Softly smudged lines of dark hatching suggest the boy's rounded, fleshy cheeks, while touches of white chalk give shiny highlights to his nose, eyes, and chin. Piazzetta also managed to indicate the shimmering, silky texture of the boy's sleeve in contrast to the dark and velvety texture of his hat.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A01_188

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

84,5Mo (5,6Mo) / 41,1cm x 51,5cm / 4857 x 6082 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe portrait Italy Italian holding people male boy boys child children study looking hat fashion fruit arts country art clothes dress Baroque Venice location century drawing chalk studies clothing artwork VENETIAN concept pear APPAREL B&W one person looking away black & white black and white B W Children's Wear 18th century Eighteenth Century culture TGN portrait chalk 1730s Baroque Era black chalk chalk on paper childrenswear Giovanni Battista Piazzetta Piazzetta Giovanni Battista Piazetta Giovanni Battista Giovanni Battista Piazetta Piazetta Giambattista Giambattista Piazetta Giambattista Piazzetta Valentino Giovanni Battista Heritage Art Drawing clothing & dress fashion & clothing Giovanni Battista Valentino Piazzetta Giambat Artwork Black and white chalk on blue-gray paper (two joined sheets)