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Portrait of Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Portrait of Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

(Italian (Venetian), 1702–1786)
(Italian (Venetian), 1682–1754)
1754
Medium/TechniqueEngraving
DimensionsSheet: 48.3 x 37.6 cm (19 x 14 13/16 in.)
Platemark: 45.8 x 35.3 cm (18 1/16 x 13 7/8 in.)
Credit LineThomas E. Rassieur Fund
Accession number2008.685
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsIn plate, lower left: Ioannes Baptista Piazzetta Venetus Pinxit In plate, lower right: Marcus Pitteri Sculpsit C.P. In plate, below: Joannis Baptistae Piazzetta Pictoris eximii nuper fato functi / Effigiem hanc Immortalitati dicat Marcus Pitteri. Verso, lower left, in graphite pencil: 72068 Verso, lower right, in graphite pencil: 070109
ProvenancePia Gallo, New York; from whom purchased September 17, 2008