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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
1682-1754
Historiated Initials N-V, and A, Z and I
Black chalk on paper.
Each initial: 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 inches (67 x 67 mm); Secondary support sheet: 14 1/4 x 10 1/16 inches (360 x 255 mm); Tertiary support sheet: 20 5/8 x 15 1/8 inches (524 x 384 mm)
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
1961.12:2
Provenance:
Sir William Eden, 5th Baronet of Maryland and 7th Baronet of West Auckland, England; Count Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi, Florence; acquired in 1932 by Samuel H. Kress, New York; Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York.
Associated names:
Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814, former owner.
Contini Bonacossi, Alessandro, former owner.
Kress, Samuel H. (Samuel Henry), 1863-1955, former owner.
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