Feeding the Dog by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta — Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. Feeding the Dog, 1682–1754. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Feeding the Dog

by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

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Artist: Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, Venice 1682–1754 Venice)
Date: 1682–1754
Medium: Black chalk, highlighted with white chalk, on blue-gray paper faded to brown
Dimensions: 15-1/2 x 20-9/16 in. (39.3 x 52.3 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Walter C. Baker, 1971
Accession no.: 1972.118.266

Provenance

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