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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
1682-1754
Study of Two Men's Heads
Black chalk, with white chalk, on blue laid paper; paper addition by artist at right.
14 3/4 x 11 15/16 inches (375 x 304 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
IV, 93
Inscription:
Signed in black chalk, at lower left, upside down on book, "PIAZZETTA".
Provenance:
Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
Associated names:
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography:
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 93, repr.
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