Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. Head of a Young Man in Profile with a Book, c. 1730/40s. The Cleveland Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art

AT-00011706

Head of a Young Man in Profile with a Book

Also known as: Head of a Young Man with a Book

Inscriptions

VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower center, in graphite: piazzett [sideways] ; lower right, in graphite: -piazetta -

Dan Fellows Platt (according to departmental card). Jacob M. Heimann, New York [departmental card]

Exhibition history

Venice as City and Theater. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-April 21, 1985).

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

Artist: Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1682–1754)
Date: c. 1730/40s
Medium: black chalk, stumped, heightened with white chalk
Dimensions: Sheet: 38 x 27.3 cm (14 15/16 x 10 3/4 in.); Secondary Support: 44 x 33.8 cm (17 5/16 x 13 5/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawing
Department: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Jacob M. Heimann
Accession no.: 1943.374

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