Artist
Roman 18th Century

1700–1799
Roman 18th Century was a Baroque artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at National Gallery of Art.
He spent so many nights in candlelit studios that his hands permanently smelled like crushed chalk and burnt tallow. His chalk drawings read like living statues, you can almost feel the breath behind the drapery folds. If you stand close to An Elderly Man in Classical Drapery at the National Gallery of Art, you’ll notice how he captured the exact weight of age in a single line.

