Executioner Holding Up a Severed Head by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta — Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. Executioner Holding Up a Severed Head, 1682–1754. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Executioner Holding Up a Severed Head

by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

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Artist: Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, Venice 1682–1754 Venice)
Date: 1682–1754
Medium: Charcoal, highlighted with white chalk, on gray-blue paper
Dimensions: 15-15/16 x 10-1/2 in. (40.5 x 26.7 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1961
Accession no.: 61.204

Provenance

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