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A Young Man Embracing a Girl

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Young Man Embracing a Girl

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Date
c. 1743
Medium
charcoal on blue paper (now faded) heightened with white chalk
Dimensions
overall: 39.5 x 31.6 cm (15 9/16 x 12 7/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2010.101.1
Credit line
Gift of Katherine and Alexandra Baer in Memory of their father, Dr. George Baer
Time span
1726 to 1750
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Baroque
  • girl
  • portrait
  • Venetian
  • Portrait
  • Man
Provenance

H.A. Vivian Smith (his sale, Christie's, London, 20 May 1955, no. 43). Curtis O. Baer, by 1958; by descent to Dr. and Mrs. George M. Baer, Atlanta and Mexico City; by descent to Katherine and Alexandra Baer, Washington and Wallkill (NY); gift to the National Gallery, 2010.

Watermarks

single line capitals "IP" (not in Briquet or Heawood)

NGA object ID 74876. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.