DrawingsItalian17th-18th century

Study of a Woman's Head

17th-18th century

Artists

Giovanni Battista PiazzettaArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk heightened with white chalk on buff antique laid paper

Culture

Italian

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 18.5 x 17.9 cm (7 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

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