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The head of a boy in profile to the right c. 1730-50
Black and white chalk on brownish paper | 39.3 x 30.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 990773
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1682-1754)
The head of a boy in profile to the right c. 1730-50
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A drawing of the head and shoulders of a boy, his face turned in profile to the right. His left shoulder and arm are raised and his right shoulder tilted downwards as if recoiling or turning to view something.
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 brownish paper
Measurements
39.3 x 30.8 cm (sheet of paper)
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