Satirical drawing: Artist Painting an Old Lady's Portrait

Pietro Antonio Novelli, 1749–1804

Artist

Pietro Antonio Novelli (Italian, Venice 1729–1804 Venice)

Date

1749–1804

Medium

Pen and gray ink, brush and gray wash, and gray, brown, red, blue, yellow and green watercolor; framing lines in pen and brown ink

Size

10 7/8 x 15 7/16in. (27.7 x 39.2cm)

Type

Drawings

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed