Lot Essay
Comparable teste di carattere are in the Galleria dell'Accademia, Venice, G. Knox et al., G.B. Piazzetta- Disegni, Incisioni, Libri, Manoscritti, Venice, 1983, nos. 16-24, illustrated
Details
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1682-1754)
Head of a bearded Man in a Cap, in profile to the left
with inscription 'Piazzetta fece'; black and white chalk, on grey-blue paper, watermark LP
374 x 278mm.
Head of a bearded Man in a Cap, in profile to the left
with inscription 'Piazzetta fece'; black and white chalk, on grey-blue paper, watermark LP
374 x 278mm.
Provenance
An unidentified collector's coat-of-arms
Straus-Negbaur; Cassirer and Helbing, Berlin, 25 November 1930, lot 78 Rasini Collection
Straus-Negbaur; Cassirer and Helbing, Berlin, 25 November 1930, lot 78 Rasini Collection