Saint Stephen

1730s/1740s

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Associated Names
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Artist, Italian, 1683 - 1754

The image shows a drawing of a person from the chest up. The person's head is tilted slightly back, looking up. Their facial features are delicately rendered, with a thoughtful expression and slightly open mouth. The person has receding hair at the front and curly hair at the sides. They are wearing a garment with a high collar and a scarf tied around the neck, holding a long, slender object in one hand. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

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

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