David With the Head of Goliath (recto); Study of Lower Leg and Right Foot (verso)

David With the Head of Goliath (recto); Study of Lower Leg and Right Foot (verso) by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Medium

Charcoal, highlighted with white, on gray-blue paper faded to gray-brown (recto); black chalk (verso)

Dimensions

7 1/2 x 10 3/16in. (19.1 x 25.9cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1966

Accession Number

66.53.4

Tags

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About the Artist

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta · 16821754

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta was born in Venice in 1682 and trained first under his father, the sculptor and woodcarver Giacomo Piazzetta, before turning decisively to painting. The crucial formative experience of his career came when he traveled to Bologna to study under Giuseppe Maria Crespi, whose dramatic use of chiaroscuro — strong contrasts of light and shadow rooted in the Caravaggesque trad...

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