# Studies of a Costume, Sleeve, and Hand

- By: Pietro Longhi (Italian, 1702–1785)
- Date: c. 1747
- Medium: black chalk (costume) and red chalk (sleeve and hand)
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: Sheet: 24.7 x 18.4 cm (9 3/4 x 7 1/4 in.); Secondary Support: 35 x 27.4 cm (13 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.)
- Culture: Italy
- Credit line: Gift of the Artemis Group/David Carritt, Ltd.
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.210)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1996.210/1996.210_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The drawings of the prolific draftsman Pietro Longhi concentrate on the details of costume and gesture to convey the character and social class of his subjects. Here, the artist skillfully exploits black chalk to render the cut of a man’s frock coat and red chalk to simulate the flesh tones of his hand gripping a walking stick.