DrawingsItalian18th century

Head of a Boy

18th century

Artists

Giovanni Battista PiazzettaArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black, brown and white chalk on brown antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

39.2 × 30.5 cm (15 7/16 × 12 in.)

Provenance

E. R. Lamponi-Leopardi, Florence (Lugt 1760). [Drey] sold; to Paul J. Sachs (by 1931), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965

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