Saint Stephen
1730s/1740s
Artist, Italian, 1683 - 1754
Artwork overview
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Medium
charcoal on blue paper (now faded) heightened with white chalk
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Credit Line
Bequest of Lore Heinemann in memory of her husband, Dr. Rudolf J. Heinemann
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Dimensions
overall: 40.8 × 35.5 cm (16 1/16 × 14 in.)
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Accession
1997.57.6
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Rudolf J. Heinemann, New York, 1956; by inheritance to his wife, Lore Heinemann, New York; bequest 1997 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1973
Drawings from the Collection of Lore and Rudolf Heinemann. Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1973, no. 34.
1983
Giambattista Piazzetta: Il suo tempo, la sua scuola. Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, 1983, no. 61.
Piazzetta: A Tercentary Exhibition. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1983, no. 58.
1991
NGA Anniversary, 1991, 88.
1994
The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995, no. 68.
1997
Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 54.
2014
The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 58.
Bibliography
1973
Drawings from the Collection of Lore and Rudolph Heinemann. Exh. cat. Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1973: 35.
1983
G.B. Piazzetta: Disegni-Incisioni-Libri Manoscritti. Exh. cat. Neri Pozza, Venice, 1983: 37.
Piazzetta, A Tercentenary Exhibition of Drawings, Prints, and Books. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1983: 143.
1991
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: 88-89.
1994
The Glory of Venice. Exh. cat. Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museo del Settecento Veneziano - Ca'Rezzonico, Venice; Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, 1994-1995: 149, 475, no. 68.
1997
Robison 1997, no. 54.
Watermarks
single line capitals "IP" (not in Briquet or Heawood)
Wikidata ID
Q64572337