Bust of a Man (Saint Matthias?) by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta — Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. Bust of a Man (Saint Matthias?), ca. 1715–20. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Bust of a Man (Saint Matthias?)

by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

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Artist: Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, Venice 1682–1754 Venice)
Date: ca. 1715–20
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 17 1/2 × 14 3/4 in. (44.5 × 37.5 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Paintings
Department: European Paintings
Credit line: Gift of Dianne Modestini and Eugene V. Thaw, 2016
Accession no.: 2016.653

Provenance

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.

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