DrawingsItalian18th century

Head of a Youth

18th century

Artists

Giovanni Battista PiazzettaArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk on discolored blue antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

37.8 x 30.3 cm (14 7/8 x 11 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Paul J. Haldeman (deceased 2002), Brookline, MA and Jackson, MS, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, HUAM, 2002.

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