Harvard Art Museums > 2010.621: Seated Male Nude Resting His Chin in One Hand Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Seated Male Nude Resting His Chin in One Hand (Giovanni Battista Piazzetta) , 2010.621,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/337230. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2010.621 People Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Italian (Pietrarossa 1682 - 1754 Venice) Title Seated Male Nude Resting His Chin in One Hand Other Titles Former Title: A Seated Male Academy, Resting his Chin in One Hand Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 18th century Culture Italian, Venetian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/337230 Physical Descriptions Medium Black and white chalk, stumped, on blue antique laid paper Dimensions 55.3 x 44.6 cm (21 3/4 x 17 9/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: verso, lower edge, black chalk: 13# watermark: upper center: three half-moons [similar to Heawood 865-867, 17th-18th century Venetian] Provenance Recorded Ownership History D. R. Nott,[1] sold [through P. & D. Colnaghi, London, 1951]. [1] Duncan Beresford-Jones, Esq. [Christie's, London, July 4, 2000, lot 128]. Jean Massengale; [Sotheby's, London, July 4, 2007, lot 111, repr. (bought in)]; John Massengale, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2010 Notes [1]According to an entry in "Piazzetta: A Tercentenary Exhibition of Drawings, Prints, and Books," from the National Gallery, Washington D.C. (1983), D. R. Nott was a "runner" who supplied Colnaghi's with seven drawings in 1951 (p. 42) [2] Label on back of frame from Colnaghi Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Jean Montague Massengale Collection Accession Year 2010 Object Number 2010.621 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
