Saint Paul

Provenance

Jean-François Gigoux (died 1894), Paris [Lugt 1164]. Sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 20-23, 1882, lot 131. Antonio Barboza (died 1889), Paris [Lugt 77]. Eugène Rodrigues (died 1928?), Paris [Lugt 897]. Sold by Schaeffer Gallery, New York, to the Art Institute, 1969.

Saint Paul

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

c. 1742

Accession Number

31645

Medium

Black chalk with stumping, and touches of black crayon, heightened with touches of white chalk, on cream laid paper

Dimensions

39.7 × 32.4 cm (15 11/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

Classification

chalk

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Margaret Day Blake