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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Head of a Priest

after 1760
Black chalk or charcoal, with stumping, on ivory laid paper
28.5 × 21.7 cm (11.2 × 8.5 in)

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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026

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