1740
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Man with a Fur Cap is a 1740 by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, a Baroque work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a man wearing a dark coat and a fur hat pulled low over his forehead. His face is half-lit, with shadows under his eyes and along his jaw. One hand rests on his chest, fingers slightly curled, while the other holds a folded cloth or paper. The artist used dark, smudgy strokes to create depth, focusing on the contrast between light and shadow. This style makes the man’s face look almost three-dimensional. Next, check out chiaroscuro to see how this lighting trick works.
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (also called Giambattista Piazzetta or Giambattista Valentino Piazzetta) (February 13, 1682 or 1683 – April 28, 1754) was an Italian Rococo painter of religious subjects and genre scenes.
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