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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
1682-1754
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Pen and black ink and wash over black chalk, on paper.
13 15/16 x 20 1/16 (354 x 510 mm); sheet: outer border 14 7/8 x 22 3/4 (378 x 578 mm); sheet: inner border 13 15/16 x 20 1/16 inches (354 x 510 mm)
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
1961.12a
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Inscription "RACCOLTA DELLE OPERE PIU' SEGNALATE IN DISEGNO A LAPIS ROSSO E NERO INVENTATE E DELINEATE DAL CELEBRE GIAMBATISTA PIAZZETTA VENETO PITTORE."
Provenance:
Sir William Eden, 5th Baronet of Maryland and 7th Baronet of West Auckland, England; Count Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi, Florence; acquired in 1932 by Samuel H. Kress, New York; Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York.
Associated names:
Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814, former owner.
Contini Bonacossi, Alessandro, former owner.
Kress, Samuel H. (Samuel Henry), 1863-1955, former owner.
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