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The head of a girl in a white cap and a youth looking through a glass c. `1730-50
Black and white chalk on brownish paper | 38.7 x 29.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 990786
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1682-1754)
The head of a girl in a white cap and a youth looking through a glass c. `1730-50
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A drawing of the head and shoulders of a youth with long hair, turned to the right, and looking down towards a lens held in his left hand. To the right is a girl wearing a lace cap, looking sideways at him.
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
38.7 x 29.6 cm (sheet of paper)
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