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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
1682-1754
Four Sketches of Saints and Angels
ca. 1750
Red chalk over black chalk, on paper.
Each drawing: 3 1/2 x 5 3/16 inches (89 x 132 mm); sheet: outer border 9 3/16 x 13 1/4 inches (233 x 337 mm); sheet: inner border 8 3/8 x 12 1/2 inches (213 x 317 mm)
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
1961.12:13
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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