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Trumpet Bearing Angels and Putti

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
1682-1754

Trumpet Bearing Angels and Putti

ca. 1740
112 7/16 x 9 3/8 inches (316 x 238 mm); with sheet outer border: 13 3/16 x 10 1/8 inches (338 x 259 mm); sheet inner border: 12 1/2 x 9 7/16 inches (317 x 239 mm)
Red chalk on paper.
1961.12:30

Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.

Summary

Two Trumpet Bearing Angels in Clouds with Two Putti Carrying a Laurel Wreath, a Putto Carrying Palms and a Putto Carrying Laurel Branches

Associated names
Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814, former owner.
Contini Bonacossi, Alessandro, former owner.
Kress, Samuel H. (Samuel Henry), 1863-1955, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department