Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
1682-1754
Portrait of a Man with His Head on His Hand
13 x 10 3/4 inches (330 x 273 mm)
Black chalk, white chalk with smudging, on blue laid paper.
IV, 94
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: fleur-de-lis in a circle. Watermark (transmitted): fleur-de-lis, circle.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at upper right, in pen and brown ink, "Piazetta".
Associated names
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, IV, 94, repr.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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