Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
1682-1754
Four Scenes from the Life of Christ
ca. 1750
Albertina versus all in reverse and left shading, on paper.
Each drawing: 2 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (70 x 132 mm); with sheet outer border: 8 15/16 x 13 3/8 (340 x 405 mm); sheet inner border: 12 9/16 x 8 1/4 (319 x 210 mm)
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
1961.12:20
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Numbered at top right 20.

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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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