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The head of a boy looking up to the left c. 1730-50
Black and white chalk on grey paper | 39.4 x 29.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 990767
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1682-1754)
The head of a boy looking up to the left c. 1730-50
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A drawing from a low viewpoint of the head and shoulders of a boy. His head is turned three quarters to the left, and it is supported in his right hand. His elbow, unseen, rests on a ledge or table.
Provenance
Probably among those mentioned in Pietro Guarienti's additions to Orlandi's Abecedario (Venice, 1753), p. 280, 'le teste egregiamente fatte a chiaroscuro sono nella galleria doviziosissima del Signor Giuseppe Smith Console Inglese' and acquired by George III from Consul Joseph Smith in 1762
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Medium and techniques
Black and white chalk on grey paper
Measurements
39.4 x 29.7 cm (sheet of paper)
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