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Jan 10, 2013

Head of a Young Man in Profile with a Book

c. 1730/40s

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

(Italian, 1682–1754)

Italy, 18th century

Black chalk, stumped, heightened with white chalk

Support: Blue laid(?) paper, faded to gray, laid down on light brown board

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.)

Gift of Jacob M. Heimann 1943.374

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not on view

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Inscription

VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower center, in graphite: piazzett [sideways] ; lower right, in graphite: -piazetta -

Provenance

Dan Fellows Platt (according to departmental card). Jacob M. Heimann, New York [departmental card]

Exhibition history

CMA, Venice As City and Theater (Feb. 27-Apr. 21, 1985).

CMA, "End of Continuous Exhibition of CMA Old Master Drawings in Director's Corridor in Old Bldg." (closed Mar. 13, 1957).

CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (rearranged: Jan. 21, 1953).

CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (from June 30, 1950).

CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Aug. 30, 1949- ).

CMA (Recent Accessions room, Aug. 15-Oct. 26, 1944).

Venice as City and Theater. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-April 21, 1985).

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