Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
1682-1754
Martyrdom of St. Paul
ca. 1750
Black chalk on paper, ruled border.
13 3/8 x 18 3/8 inches (340 x 467 mm); sheet: outer border 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 inches (362 x 489 mm); sheet: inner border 13 3/8 x 18 3/8 inches (340 x 467 mm)
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
1961.12:76
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Numbered 76 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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