Plate 7: A woman with a basket of pears; from 'Icones ad vivum expressae' after Giovanni Battista Piazzetta 1743

Giovanni Cattini’s “Plate 7: A Woman with a Basket of Pears; from 'Icones ad vivum expressae' after Giovanni Battista Piazzetta” is a black and white engraving from 1743. This print from a series of seven plates depicts a woman holding a basket of pears with her left hand. The viewer sees her from the chest up against a dark background. Cattini, an Italian artist born in 1715, created this work based on an original painting by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. The piece, which is currently located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, measures 17 15/16 × 13 5/16 in. (45.5 × 33.8 cm).