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Head and shoulder portrait of fair skinned man, his face in three-quarter view as he looks towards left of center.

The clean-shaven middle-aged man is Carlo Goldoni and dressed in eighteenth century attire of a jacket with ruffled white collar underneath, a darker robe or coat is placed partially over his right shoulder. His mouth is closed, he has a slight cleft to his chin. His grey-white hair is puffy and curly and neat around his head, a ponytail in the back tied with a dark ribbon. The background is undescribed with a gradation of lights and darks.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
G3068
People
Marco Alvise Pitteri, Italian (Venice 1702 - 1786 Venice)
After Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Italian (Pietrarossa 1682 - 1754 Venice)
Title
Carlo Goldoni
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1754
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/279540

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
image: 42 × 33.5 cm (16 9/16 × 13 3/16 in.)
plate: 46 × 35 cm (18 1/8 × 13 3/4 in.)
sheet: 56.1 × 45.3 cm (22 1/16 × 17 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
LeBlanc 97

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G3068
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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