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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
1682-1754
A Boy Unsheathing His Dagger, with a Girl
Red chalk on paper.
9 7/16 x 12 7/8 inches (240 x 327 mm); sheet: outer border 10 3/16 x 13 5/8 inches (259 x 346 mm); sheet: inner border 9 7/16 x 12 7/8 inches (240 x 327 mm)
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
1961.12:83
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Numbered 83 in upper right corner.
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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