The Artist's Studio  1750

The busy surface pattern exemplifies the use of ornament in central European art of the 1700s. This work also reveals a lot about artistic training in the 1700s while presenting painting as an intellectual and noble pursuit. The man at center-an idealized portrait of the artist-shows off a Bacchanal to a connoisseur, while his pupils reveal Platzer's road to success. A stu...