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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
1682-1754
Four Evangelists
Black chalk on paper, ruled border.
10 3/4 x 15 1/4 inches (273 x 387 mm); sheet: outer border 11 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches (298 x 413 mm); sheet: inner border 10 3/4 x 15 1/4 inches (273 x 387 mm)
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
1961.12:72
Inscription:
Inscribed at bottom left "intagliato"; numbered at bottom right 72; inscription on a host "+" above "IHS".
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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