Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
1682-1754
Four Sketches of Saints and Angels
ca. 1750
Red chalk over black chalk, on paper.
various dimensions; with sheet outer border: 9 3/16 x 13 3/16 inches (233 x 335 mm); sheet inner border: 8 7/16 x 12 3/8 inches (214 x 314 inches)
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
1961.12:14
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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.
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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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