id:			123145
accession number:	1943.373
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.373
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:55.946000

Head of a Young Man in Profile with a Gun over His Shoulder, c. 1730/40s. Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682–1754). Black chalk with stumping, heightened with white chalk; sheet: 37.7 x 27.1 cm (14 13/16 x 10 11/16 in.); secondary support: 43.4 x 33.3 cm (17 1/16 x 13 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Jacob M. Heimann 1943.373

title:				Head of a Young Man in Profile with a Gun over His Shoulder
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creation date:			c. 1730/40s
creation date earliest:		1730
creation date latest:		1749
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creditline:			Gift of Jacob M. Heimann
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culture:	Italy, 18th century
technique:	black chalk with stumping, heightened with white 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: 37.7 x 27.1 cm (14 13/16 x 10 11/16 in.); Secondary Support: 43.4 x 33.3 cm (17 1/16 x 13 1/8 in.)
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	description:	blue laid(?) paper, faded to light gray, laid down on light brown board
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Ways of Drawing Faces
	opening date:   1944-10-01T04:00:00
	<i>Ways of Drawing Faces</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 1, 1944-January 31, 1945).

	title:		Venice as City and Theater
	opening date:   1985-02-27T05:00:00
	<i>Venice as City and Theater</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-April 21, 1985).

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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" (from June 30, 1950).', 'opening_date': '1950-06-30T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Aug. 8, 1947- ).', 'opening_date': '1947-08-08T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, How To Draw Faces (Sep. 25, 1944-Jan. 28, 1945).', 'opening_date': '1944-09-25T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA (Recent Accessions room, Aug. 15-Sep. 25, 1944).', 'opening_date': '1944-08-15T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '[did not find a registrarial file for this one, Mar. 1996]-?', 'opening_date': '1996-03-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Dan Fellows Platt, Englewood, New Jersey (Lugt 750a and 2066b; not stamped) (according to departmental card). Jacob M. Heimann, New York (departmental card)
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1943.373/1943.373_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1943.373/1943.373_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1943.373/1943.373_full.tif