id:			114101
accession number:	1933.374
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.374
updated:		2025-03-20 11:10:55.004000

Head of a Woman in Profile with a Scarf, c. 1720–31. Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682–1754). Black chalk, stumped, heightened with white chalk and gypsum; sheet: 40 x 31.2 cm (15 3/4 x 12 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Italico Brass, 1933.374

title:				Head of a Woman in Profile with a Scarf
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creation date:			c. 1720–31
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creditline:			Gift of Italico Brass
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culture:	Italy, Venice, 18th century
technique:	black chalk, stumped, heightened with white chalk and gypsum
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - Italian
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682–1754)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 40 x 31.2 cm (15 3/4 x 12 5/16 in.)
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	description:	blue laid paper, faded to light brown
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Drawings from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1937-05-28T04:00:00
	<i>Drawings from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 28-December 9, 1937).

	title:		Old Master Drawings from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1939-01-04T05:00:00
	<i>Old Master Drawings from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 4-March 26, 1939).

	title:		Drawings from the Museum Collection
	opening date:   1941-03-04T05:00:00
	<i>Drawings from the Museum Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 27, 1941).

	title:		The Silver Jubilee Exhibition
	opening date:   1941-06-23T04:00:00
	<i>The Silver Jubilee Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, Venice As City and Theater (Feb. 27-Apr. 21, 1985).', 'opening_date': '1985-02-27T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "End of Continuous Exhibition of CMA Old Master Drawings in Director\'s Corridor in Old Bldg." (closed Mar. 13, 1957).', 'opening_date': '1957-03-13T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (rearranged: Jan. 21, 1953).', 'opening_date': '1953-01-21T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (June 30-Dec. 8, 1950; rehung Jan. 8, 1951, "with small changes").', 'opening_date': '1950-06-30T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (May. 14, 1946- ).', 'opening_date': '1946-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (July 27, 1944- ).', 'opening_date': '1944-07-27T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Paintings and Drawings from the Collection" (Dec. 14, 1943-Jan. 4, 1944).', 'opening_date': '1943-12-14T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Oct. 28, 1941-May 31, 1942).', 'opening_date': '1941-10-28T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, Silver Jubilee Exhibition (June 23-Oct. 5, 1941).', 'opening_date': '1941-06-23T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Mar. 4-Apr., 1941).', 'opening_date': '1941-04-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA (June 12-Nov. 4, 1940).', 'opening_date': '1940-06-12T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA (Mar. 12-Apr. 21, 1940).', 'opening_date': '1940-03-12T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Jan. 4-Mar. 26, 1939).', 'opening_date': '1939-01-04T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, Drawings by Old and Modern Masters from the Collection (June 21-Sep. 30, 1938).', 'opening_date': '1938-06-21T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Exhibition of Tiepolo and His Contemporaries (Mar. 18-Apr. 24, 1938), no. 36, illus.', 'opening_date': '1938-03-18T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "40 Drawings from the Museum Collection" (May 28-Nov. 7, 1937).', 'opening_date': '1937-05-28T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, Laces and Drawings from the Museum Collection (Dec. 16, 1936-Jan. 3, 1937).', 'opening_date': '1936-12-16T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (May 21-Dec. 13, 1936).', 'opening_date': '1936-05-21T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA (Jan. 5-12, 1935; Mar. 21, 1935-May 20, 1936).', 'opening_date': '2012-01-05T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Italico Brass, Venice (according to departmental card)
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Parsse, Leona. "A Portrait Drawing by Piazzetta." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of art </em>22, no. 1 (January 1935): 3-4
	page number: 	Reproduced: front cover; Mentioned: p. 3-4
	url:		jstor.org/stable/25137665

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IMAGES

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