# Portrait of a Gentleman in Red [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CARRIERA, Rosalba]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Pastel on paper ## Commentary The sitter of this vigorous, half-length Portrait of a Gentleman in Red is probably Count Wackerbarth, who was in Venice in 1739-40 accompanying Prince Frederick Christian of Saxony. This identification is based on the facial similarities to another portrait of the same person, also by Rosalba and conserved in Dresden; the dating to the end of the 1730s is confirmed by the very close similarities in technique - particularly in the use of pencil on the pastel tinted background to suggest the brocade garment. ## Related artworks - [Autumn]() - [Cardinal Melchior de Polignac]() - [Elderly Lady]() - [Flora]() - [Fortitude]() - [Portrait of a Boy]() - [Portrait of a Lady]() - [Portrait of a Man]() - [Portrait of a Young Girl]() - [Portrait of a Young Lady]() - [Portrait of Barbara Campanini]() - [Portrait of Faustina Bordoni Hasse]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()