Satirical drawing:  Artist Painting an Old Lady's Portrait
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Pietro Antonio Novelli
Artist bio: Italian, Venice 1729–1804 Venice
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1729–1804
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
Dimensions: 10 7/8 x 15 7/16in. (27.7 x 39.2cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971
Accession year: 1975
Tags: Painting|Men|Women|Easels|Artists