Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
1682-1754
Two Drawings and a Decorative Border
Drawings: Black chalk on paper; Border: Black chalk on paper.
Various dimensions; with sheet outermost mount: 20 5/8 x 15 1/8 (524 x 384mm); secondary support: 14 1/4 x 10 inches (390 x 255 mm).
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
1961.12:4
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Inscribed "Jo Ba cia Piazzeta Feci" on top drawing.

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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.
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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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