Studi di Pittura già dissegnati da Giambatista Piazzetta ed ora con l'intaglio di Marco Pitteri, 1760-1764
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The Winton Jones Endowment Fund for Prints and Drawingsexpand_more 2014.116
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This drawing manual features 24 designs by the celebrated Venetian draftsman and painter Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. He produced the drawings shortly before his death for the planned publication of this drawing manual. Such books were common teaching tools for artists and amateurs learning to draw in the 18th century. Piazzetta’s drawings are reproduced in the book in pairs, with 24 simple outline prints by Francesco Bartolozzi interleaved with 24 tonal engravings of the same designs by Marco Pitteri. Bartolozzi’s linear prints provide simpler forms for the beginning draftsman to copy. Pitteri’s prints, on the other hand, achieve a more dramatic effect, with vibrant softened lines and an impressive range of tones that convincingly model the forms in the compositions.
Details
- Title
- Studi di Pittura già dissegnati da Giambatista Piazzetta ed ora con l'intaglio di Marco Pitteri
- Artist Life
- (Florence, active London), 1727–1815
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2014.116
- Provenance
- Louisa Prat. [Lathrop C. Harper, New York, until 1962; sold to Vershbow]; Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow, Boston (1962-2013; their sale, Christie’s, New York, October 29, 2013, no. 765, for P0M; [Ursus Books and Prints, New York, 2014; sold to MIA]
- Curator Approved
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