CIRCLE OF GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIAZZETTA (VENICE 1682-1754)
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CIRCLE OF GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIAZZETTA (VENICE 1682-1754)

A portrait of the artist's wife Rosa

Closed7 October 2020

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CIRCLE OF GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIAZZETTA (VENICE 1682-1754)
A portrait of the artist's wife Rosa
oil on green-grey prepared paper
15 1/8 x 10 5/8 in. (38.5 x 26.9 cm.)

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A copy after a drawing showing the artist's wife, Rosa, in the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Gallery (inv. D.1952.RW.1511; A. Mariuz, L'opera completa del Piazzetta, Milan, 1982, no. D13, ill.). Another drawing showing Rosa, dated to circa 1742 by George Knox, is in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (see G. Knox, Piazzetta, exhib. cat., Washington, D.C., 1983, no. 31, ill.).