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The head of a youth in a cap c. 1730-50
Black and white chalk on brownish paper | 38.4 x 27.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 990784
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1682-1754)
The head of a youth in a cap c. 1730-50
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A drawing of the head and shoulders of a young man wearing a wide cap, and leaning his right forearm on an unseen surface. His head is turned to the right.
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
38.4 x 27.5 cm (sheet of paper)
