Seated Male Nude Resting His Chin in One Hand | Harvard Art Museums

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Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2010.621
People: Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Italian (Pietrarossa 1682 - 1754 Venice)
Title: Seated Male Nude Resting His Chin in One Hand
Other Titles: Former Title: A Seated Male Academy, Resting his Chin in One Hand
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 18th century
Culture: Italian, Venetian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/337230

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black and white chalk, stumped, on blue antique laid paper

Dimensions

55.3 x 44.6 cm (21 3/4 x 17 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: verso, lower edge, black chalk: 13#
watermark: upper center: three half-moons [similar to Heawood 865-867, 17th-18th century Venetian]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: D. R. Nott,[1] sold [through P. & D. Colnaghi, London, 1951]. [1] Duncan Beresford-Jones, Esq. [Christie's, London, July 4, 2000, lot 128]. Jean Massengale; [Sotheby's, London, July 4, 2007, lot 111, repr. (bought in)]; John Massengale, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010

Notes
[1]According to an entry in "Piazzetta: A Tercentenary Exhibition of Drawings, Prints, and Books," from the National Gallery, Washington D.C. (1983), D. R. Nott was a "runner" who supplied Colnaghi's with seven drawings in 1951 (p. 42)

[2] Label on back of frame from Colnaghi

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Jean Montague Massengale Collection
Accession Year: 2010
Object Number: 2010.621
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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