Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
1682-1754
An Old Man and a Young Boy
ca. 1750-54
Black chalk on paper, ruled border.
9 7/8 x 14 3/4 inches (251 x 375 mm); with sheet outer border: 10 5/8 x 15 3/8 inches (278 x 400 mm); sheet inner border: 9 7/8 x 14 3/4 inches (251 x 375 mm)
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
1961.12:61
Inscription:
Signed at lower left: "Piazzetta Fe"; numbered at top left 4 and at bottom right 61.
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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