Tiepolo (1696-1770) was a Venetian / Italian artist who is usually placed in art histories of the Rococo style. Whenever I see his drawings or prints in person, I am stopped by their seemingly effortless synergy—a combination of pictorial design and gestural drawing, having immediacy and sophistication. His artistic concepts are something to behold!
I discovered Tiepolo’s disegno for the death of Seneca in a Horizon book from 1963; please take your time to marvel at its astonishing illustrative techniques (pen and wash on a medium-sized sheet.) This exceptional example is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.