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Head of a Young Man in Profile with a Book

Giovanni Battista Piazzettac. 1730/40s

The Cleveland Museum of Art

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  • Title: Head of a Young Man in Profile with a Book
  • Creator: Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682-1754)
  • Date Created: c. 1730/40s
  • Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 38 x 27.3 cm (14 15/16 x 10 3/4 in.); Secondary Support: 44 x 33.8 cm (17 5/16 x 13 5/16 in.)
  • Provenance: Dan Fellows Platt (according to departmental card). Jacob M. Heimann, New York [departmental card]
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.374
  • Medium: black chalk, stumped, heightened with white chalk
  • Inscriptions: VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower center, in graphite: piazzett [sideways] ; lower right, in graphite: -piazetta -
  • Department: Drawings
  • Culture: Italy, 18th century
  • Credit Line: Gift of Jacob M. Heimann
  • Collection: DR - Italian
  • Accession Number: 1943.374
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