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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1682-1754)
The head of a boy in a plumed hat c. 1730-50
Black and white chalk on brownish paper | 36.9 x 25.9 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 990781
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1682-1754)
The head of a boy in a plumed hat c. 1730-50
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A drawing of the head and shoulders of a boy, turned three quarters to the right. His leans his chin in his left hand, and wears a plumed cap.
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
36.9 x 25.9 cm (sheet of paper)
