Head of a Youth with a Mandolin

Former TitleHead of a Boy Lute Player

Artist Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1683 - 1754)

Date18th century

MediumBrown and white chalk on tan paper

DimensionsOverall: 13 5/16 × 9 7/8 inches (33.81 × 25.08 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Milton McGreevy

Object number81-30/60

On View

Not on view

Collections

European Art

Terms

Exhibition History

Drawings Collection of Milton McGreevy, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, March 7-April 4, 1965, no. 46, as Head of a Boy Playing a Lute.

Provenance

Hélie Charles Louis de Talleyrand-Périgord, Marquis de Talleyrand (1882-1968), by October 27-November 26, 1948;

Purchased from Talleyrand, through Durlacher Brothers, New York, stock no. T12D, by Milton McGreevy (1903-1980), Shawnee Mission, KS, November 26, 1948-1980 [1];

Bequeathed by Milton McGreevy to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1981.

NOTES:

[1] Getty Research Library, Los Angeles, Durlacher Brothers Records, Box 14, Ledger 1937-1966.

Published References

“Drawings Collection of Milton McGreevy,” Bulletin (The Nelson Gallery and Atkins Museum) 4, no. 6 (March 7-April 4, 1965): 29-30, (repro.), as Head of a Boy Playing a Lute.

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