Head of a young man looking down to the left

Details

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1682-1754)
Head of a young man looking down to the left
black and white chalk on brown paper
13 5/8 x 10 in. (347 x 253 mm.)

Provenance

An unidentified collector's mark (L. 1151a).

Lot Essay

Possibly the same sitter as in two drawings depicting a pair of figures in the Accademia, Venice (G. Nepi Sciré in G.B. Piazzetta, disegni-incisioni-libri-manoscriti, Venice, 1983, nos. 21-2). These two drawings are datable 1735-40.

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