id:			123146
accession number:	1943.374
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.374
updated:		2023-12-07 16:03:22.649000

Head of a Young Man in Profile with a Book, c. 1730/40s. Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682–1754). Black chalk, stumped, heightened with white chalk; sheet: 38 x 27.3 cm (14 15/16 x 10 3/4 in.); secondary support: 44 x 33.8 cm (17 5/16 x 13 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Jacob M. Heimann 1943.374

title:				Head of a Young Man in Profile with a Book
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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, stumped, 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: 38 x 27.3 cm (14 15/16 x 10 3/4 in.); Secondary Support: 44 x 33.8 cm (17 5/16 x 13 5/16 in.)
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	description:	blue laid(?) paper, faded to gray, laid down on light brown board
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower center, in graphite: piazzett [sideways] ; lower right, in graphite: -piazetta -
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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

* CMA, Venice As City and Theater (Feb. 27-Apr. 21, 1985).<br>CMA, "End of Continuous Exhibition of CMA Old Master Drawings in Director's Corridor in Old Bldg." (closed Mar. 13, 1957).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (rearranged: Jan. 21, 1953).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (from June 30, 1950).<br>CMA, "Drawings from the Collection" (Aug. 30, 1949- ).<br>CMA (Recent Accessions room, Aug. 15-Oct. 26, 1944).

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PROVENANCE

	Dan Fellows Platt (according to departmental card). Jacob M. Heimann, New York [departmental card]
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