# Caricature of a Cavalier [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BERNINI, Gian Lorenzo]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Pen and brown ink on laid paper, 207 x 145 mm ## Commentary Bernini made various kinds of preparatory drawing, from summary but dynamic compositional sketches to more careful studies of particular details, but he also produced independent drawings. His pioneering caricatures delighted his contemporaries and broke new ground in the art of social satire. ## Related artworks - [A portrait of a Man]() - [A seated male nude]() - [Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius \(detail\)]() - [Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius]() - [Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius]() - [Altar Cross]() - [Angel]() - [Angel with the Column]() - [Angel with the Crown of Thorns]() - [Angel with the Superscription]() - [Angels on Ponte Sant'Angelo]() - [Apollo and Daphne \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()