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CIRCLE OF GIOVANNI BATTISTA PIAZZETTA (VENICE 1682-1754)
A portrait of the artist's wife Rosa
oil on green-grey prepared paper
1518 x 1058 in. (38.5 x 26.9 cm.)
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Lot Essay

A copy after a drawing showing the artist's wife, Rosa, in the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Gallery (inv. D.1952.RW.1511; A. Mariuz, L'opera completa del Piazzetta, Milan, 1982, no. D13, ill.). Another drawing showing Rosa, dated to circa 1742 by George Knox, is in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (see G. Knox, Piazzetta, exhib. cat., Washington, D.C., 1983, no. 31, ill.).

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