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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
1682-1754
Four Sketches of Saints, Angels and a Pietà
ca. 1750
Red chalk over over black chalk, on paper.
Each drawing: 2 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches (73 x 132 mm); sheet: outer border 9 1/4 x 13 3/8 inches (234 x 339 mm); sheet: inner border 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (216 x 311 mm).
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
1961.12:9
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Numbered 9 in upper right corner.
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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