Head of a Young Man in Profile with a Book

Giovanni Battista Piazzettac. 1730/40s

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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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