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The head of a man in a fur cap holding a staff c. 1730-50
Black and white chalk on brownish paper | 37.7 x 27.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 990787
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1682-1754)
The head of a man in a fur cap holding a staff c. 1730-50
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A drawing of the head and shoulders of a man holding a staff against his left shoulder. His body is turned to the front, his head turned to the left, and he looks upwards. He wears a fur cap and has a moustache.
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
37.7 x 27.7 cm (sheet of paper)
