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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Feeding the Dog

1682–1754
Black chalk, highlighted with white chalk, on blue-gray paper faded to brown
39.3 × 52.3 cm (15.5 × 20.6 in)

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

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