Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
1682-1754
Study of Two Men's Heads
14 3/4 x 11 15/16 inches (375 x 304 mm)
Black and white chalk, with smudging, on blue laid paper, altered to blue-gray; paper addition by artist at right.
IV, 93
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in black chalk, at lower left, upside down on book, "PIAZZETTA".
Associated names
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, 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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Century Drawings
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