Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
1682-1754
A Young Boy Holding a Book for an Old Man
10 15/16 x 15 1/4 inches (278 x 387 mm); sheet: outer border 10 3/16 x 14 1/2 inches (259 x 368 mm); sheet: inner border 10 15/16 x 15 1/4 inches (278 x 387 mm)
Red chalk on paper.
1961.12:81
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
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Numbered 81 in upper right corner.
Associated names
Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814, former owner.
Contini Bonacossi, Alessandro, former owner.
Kress, Samuel H. (Samuel Henry), 1863-1955, former owner.
Contini Bonacossi, Alessandro, former owner.
Kress, Samuel H. (Samuel Henry), 1863-1955, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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