id:			117769
accession number:	1938.388.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.388.b
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:35.058000

Studies of Hands Playing Instruments (verso), 1723–1727. Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682–1754). Black chalk; sheet: 42.6 x 56.3 cm (16 3/4 x 22 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1938.388.b

title:				Studies of Hands Playing Instruments (verso)
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creation date:			1723–1727
creation date earliest:		1723
creation date latest:		1727
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Italy, Venice, 18th century
technique:	black chalk
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: 42.6 x 56.3 cm (16 3/4 x 22 3/16 in.)
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	description:	blue laid paper
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	lower left, in red chalk: 17 [sideways] ;  lower right, in graphite: Piazzetta


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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition
	opening date:   1958-03-03T05:00:00
	<i>Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'cma 1941b; Cambridge 1948; Oberlin 1951, 54, no. 12; cma 1958-59; cma 1959-60a; cma 1965b; Cleveland 1980, 54, fig. 63, 56; cma 1981c; cma 1983f; Washington 1983-84, 9, 24, 68, no. 15; cma 1986-87b; London/Washington 1994-95, 166, 480, no. 87.', 'opening_date': '1941-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	[Italico Brass, Venice].
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