LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Black chalk, heightened with white, on blue paper

Size Notes:

370 by 267 mm; 14 by 10 in

Edition:

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta established his international reputation as a talented draftsman very early in his career. Though known as a slow painter, he was able to draw quickly enough to produce large finished head studies, known as ttes de caractre, which were very much in demand from collectors and connoisseurs. These captivating and beautiful drawings of heads and half figures were intended as works of art in their own right to be framed and displayed on walls alongside painted compositions. Most were executed in black and white chalk on blue paper. The popularity of Piazzetta's head studies grew when his work attracted the attention of engravers.

Description:

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Markings:

bears signature in pen and brown ink, lower right: Piazetta

Condition:

Laid down. Light scattered foxing throughout. A tiny hole at the lower margin, near the right corner of the sheet and two small holes above the signature. Chalk remains strong. Sold unframed.