CIRCLE OF GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIAZZETTA (VENICE 1682-1754)

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.).