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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
1682-1754
Historiated Initials A-M
Black chalk on paper.
Each initial: 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 inches (67 x 67 mm); sheet: outer border 11 1/8 x 15 (283 x 381 mm); sheet: inner border 10 1/8 x 14 3/16 inches (257 x 361 mm)
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
1961.12:1
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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