Head of a Young Man in Profile with a Book
c. 1730/40s
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682–1754)
Drawings
Head of a Young Man in Profile with a Book, c. 1730/40s. Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682–1754). Black chalk, stumped, heightened with white chalk; sheet: 38 x 27.3 cm (14 15/16 x 10 3/4 in.); secondary support: 44 x 33.8 cm (17 5/16 x 13 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Jacob M. Heimann 1943.374
- Maker/Artist
- Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista
- Classification
- Drawing
- Formatted Medium
- black chalk, stumped, heightened with white chalk
- Medium
- black, chalk, stumped, heightened, white
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 38 x 27.3 cm (14 15/16 x 10 3/4 in.); Secondary Support: 44 x 33.8 cm (17 5/16 x 13 5/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower center, in graphite: piazzett [sideways] ; lower right, in graphite: -piazetta -
- Departments
- Drawings
- Accession Number
- 1943.374
- Credit Line
- Gift of Jacob M. Heimann
- Exhibitions
- Venice as City and Theater, CMA, Venice As City and Theater (Feb. 27-Apr. 21, 1985).<br>CMA, "End of Continuous Exhibition of CMA Old Master Drawings in Director's Corridor in Old Bldg." (closed Mar. 13, 1957).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (rearranged: Jan. 21, 1953).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (from June 30, 1950).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Aug. 30, 1949- ).<br>CMA (Recent Accessions room, Aug. 15-Oct. 26, 1944).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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