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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Boy With a Staff

1682–1754
Charcoal or black chalk, highlighted with white chalk, on blue-gray paper faded to light brown
31.9 × 25 cm (12.6 × 9.8 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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