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Head of a Young Man in Profile with a Book
Giovanni Battista Piazzettac. 1730/40s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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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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