PIAZZETTA, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (1682 Venice 1754). Head of a Levantine man, circa 1740. Black chalk drawing heightened in white. On light grey wove paper 35.5 x 24.5 cm. Old numbering lower right verso in pencil.: 29. Gold frame. - Minor foxing. Good condition. Lit.: See George Knox: Piazzetta, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1983, p 124 No 44. Expertise by George Knox dated 03.02.2007 Provenance: René de Cérenville, Lausanne. Via inheritance to the current owner.