Saint James Major
1738/1742
Artist, Italian, 1683 - 1754
Attributed to Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
Attribution
Artwork overview
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Medium
black and white chalks on light brown laid paper
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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: 40.1 x 33.1 cm (15 13/16 x 13 1/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1997.57.5
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Rudolf J. Heinemann, New York, by 1973; 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. 33, as by Piazzetta.
1991
NGA Anniversary, 1991, 90, as by Piazzetta.
Bibliography
1966
Pigantti, Terisio. I Disegni veneziani del settecento. Milan, 1966: 172, pl. 49 (as Saint John the Baptist).
Inscriptions
by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Piazzetta / attribue / a
Watermarks
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Wikidata ID
Q64536835