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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.406
People
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Italian (Pietrarossa 1682 - 1754 Venice)
Title
Head of a Boy
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296443

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black, brown and white chalk on brown antique laid paper
Dimensions
39.2 × 30.5 cm (15 7/16 × 12 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
E. R. Lamponi-Leopardi, Florence (Lugt 1760). [Drey] sold; to Paul J. Sachs (by 1931), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.406
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 341, fig. 166
  • A Special Exhibition of Drawings from the Fogg Museum of Art, exh. cat., Speed Memorial Museum (Louisville, KY, 1947), cat. no. 11

Exhibition History

  • A Special Exhibition of Drawings from the Fogg Museum of Art, Speed Memorial Museum, Louisville, KY, 03/02/1947 - 03/30/1947

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