A Shepherd Family Resting

1735/1740

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Artist, Italian, 1683 - 1754

This is a drawing featuring animals and a human figure in a rural setting. The scene includes a person resting against a large rock, a dog standing nearby, a cow, and a child. In the background, there are sketched foliage and distant rural village structures. The drawing is done in soft reddish tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    red chalk and wash over graphite

  • Credit Line

    The Armand Hammer Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 17.3 × 21.9 cm (6 13/16 × 8 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1987.49.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Fatio (1874-1960?), Geneva [Lugt 3701]; Walter Hugelshofer, Switzerland; Private collection, USA; (sale Sotheby's, New York, 16 January 1986, no. 105); (Kate Ganz Ltd., London); NGA purchase in 1987 with funds from the Armand Hammer Foundation.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 50.

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 61.

Bibliography

1977

  • Kate Ganz Ltd, ITALIAN DRWGS., Cat.6, 6/30/87-7/10/87, no.26.

1989

  • Hammer 1989, n.p. [first entry].

Markings

Paul Fatio (Lugt 3701)

Wikidata ID

Q64572335

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