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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

Also known as: Giovanni Battista Piazzetta; primary name: Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista; other name: Piazzetta, Giambattista
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; Venetian; Italian; Male
Life dates: 1682-1754
Biography: Venetian painter and draughtsman, best known for his genre paintings and drawings of expressive heads. Wide international fame, and sent commissioned paintings abroad for many patrons.
Bibliography: G.Knox, 'GBP', Oxford 1992 For prints after Piazzetta, see: Brigitte Buberl: '...un occhio e mezzo; Kupferstiche nach Vorlagen von Giovanni Battista Piazzetta', Münster, 1987

228 related objects

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1891,0511.394.1-52 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philipp Andreas KilianAfter:Gérard de Lairesse

drawing

Museum number: 2006,0731.13 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Melchior SteidlFormerly attributed to:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1700-1710

drawing

Museum number: 1875,0814.1184 |
Producer name: BIOG41917 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1697-1754

drawing

Museum number: 2004,0729.1 |
Producer name: BIOG41917 Circle/School of:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1682-1754

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1320 |
Producer name: BIOG41917 Circle/School of:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1697-1754

drawing

Museum number: 2004,0729.3 |
Producer name: BIOG41917 Circle/School of:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1682-1754

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.100 |
Producer name: BIOG41917 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1715-1718

drawing

Museum number: 2004,0729.2 |
Producer name: BIOG41917 Circle/School of:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1682-1754

drawing

Museum number: 1876,0708.2383 |
Producer name: After:Giovanni Battista PiazzettaAfter:Marco Pitteri |
Production date: 1697-1754

drawing

Museum number: 1946,0713.1321 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Gaetano GandolfiFormerly attributed to:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1749-1802

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1910,0212.45 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Giovanni Battista PiazzettaFormerly attributed to:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1697-1754

drawing; album; print study

Museum number: 1948,0704.3 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Antonio VisentiniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1735-1742

drawing

Museum number: 1919,1122.4 |
Producer name: BIOG41917 Drawn by:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1697-1754

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.307 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.306 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.313 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.320 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: S. Isidorus S. Vincentius S. Hyacinthus |
Museum number: 1951,0714.256 |
Producer name: After:Giovanni Battista PiazzettaPublished by:Joseph (Giuseppe) Wagner |
Production date: 1740-1786 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Omnium creaturarum increatus Sator The Holy Family and Apostles |
Museum number: 1856,0614.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1742 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1943,0709.93 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1756 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Icones ad vivum Expressae |
Museum number: 1951,0714.248 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni CattiniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743

print

Title: Joh Baptista Piazetta pictor, natus Venetiis Icones ad vivum expressae |
Museum number: 1951,0714.238 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni CattiniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.279 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.311 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1877,0609.1620 |
Producer name: Print made by:Teodoro VieroAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1770-1780

print

Museum number: 1932,0213.256 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Lorenz HaidAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743-1750 |
Production place: Published in:Augsburg

print

Title: La Concezione della SS. Vergine Raccolta di 112 stampe di pitture della storia sac |
Museum number: 1865,0520.736 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro MonacoAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743-1763 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Icones ad vivum Expressae |
Museum number: 1951,0714.243 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni CattiniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.318 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Eliezer incontra Rebecca al pozzo Raccolta di 112 stampe di pitture della storia sac |
Museum number: 1865,0520.791 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro MonacoAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743-1763 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1902,1011.7605 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gottfried HaidAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1750s |
Production place: Published in:Augsburg

print

Title: Marcus Pitteri Venetus in aere incisor |
Museum number: 1872,0113.6 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1730-1760

print

Title: La SS Vergine Maria Raccolta di 112 stampe di pitture della storia sac |
Museum number: 1951,0714.237 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro MonacoAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743-1763 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.308 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Icones ad vivum Expressae |
Museum number: 1951,0714.251 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni CattiniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743

print

Museum number: 1951,0714.257 |
Producer name: Print made by:(Giovanni) Antonio FaldoniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1720-1770

print

Title: S Jacobus Maior The Holy Family and Apostles |
Museum number: 1856,0614.11 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1742 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Joh. Baptista Piazetta Pictor Venetus |
Museum number: 1943,0709.168 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni CattiniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760-1800 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: S.Romualdi Abbatis effigies |
Museum number: 1872,0113.24 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1730-1760

print

Title: Sanctus Joseph |
Museum number: 1872,0113.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1740-1780

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.314 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Sanctus Andreas The Holy Family and Apostles |
Museum number: 1856,0614.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1742 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1943,0709.91 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1756 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Sanctus Philippus The Holy Family and Apostles |
Museum number: 1856,0614.15 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1742 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1917,1208.832 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: S.Benedicti Abbatis effigies |
Museum number: 1872,0113.25 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1730-1760

print

Title: Sanctus Bartholomaeus The Holy Family and Apostles |
Museum number: 1856,0614.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1742 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.287 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Icones ad vivum Expressae |
Museum number: 1943,0709.85 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni CattiniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1927,0518.96 |
Producer name: Print made by:Teodoro VieroAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1770-1780

print

Title: S. Maria Magdalena Christi Discipula |
Museum number: 1951,0714.264 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro ScattagliaAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1740-1786 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.321 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1943,0709.96 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1756 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1951,0714.231 |
Producer name: Print made by:Andrea RossiAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1750-1775

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.298 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.310 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1865,1014.366 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Xaver JungwierthAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1753 |
Production place: Published in:Augsburg

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.295 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1872,0113.9 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1744-1754

print

Title: S Antonius Monachorum in Oriente Patriarcha |
Museum number: 1872,0113.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1740-1780

print

Title: Icones ad vivum Expressae |
Museum number: 1951,0714.245 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni CattiniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743

print

Museum number: 1951,0714.274 |
Producer name: Print made by:Innocente AlessandriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1740-1786 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1927,0218.68 |
Producer name: Print made by:Fabio BerardiAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1745-1786 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.315 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.288 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1902,1011.7607 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gottfried HaidAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1750s |
Production place: Published in:Augsburg

print

Title: Sanctus Hieronymus Aemilianus, Patr. Ven. Orphanorum Pater, & Somaschensis Cong. Institutor |
Museum number: Bb,9.209 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antonio BarattiAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1750-1787 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1897,1117.202 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Lorenz HaidAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1750s |
Production place: Published in:Augsburg

print

Title: S Philippus Neri |
Museum number: 1872,0113.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1740-1780

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0309.185 |
Producer name: After:Giovanni Battista PiazzettaPublished by:Giovanni Battista Albrizzi |
Production date: 1739-1750 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1871,0429.353 |
Producer name: BIOG41917 After:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1730-1760

print

Title: Matthew |
Museum number: 2010,7081.2120 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard BrookshawAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1735-1767 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.325 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.278 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1943,0709.84 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1700-1754

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.280 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; book of prints

Title: Compendio delle Vite de' Pittori Veneziani istorici |
Museum number: 1938,0226.1.1-53 |
Producer name: Print made by:Alessandro LonghiPublished by:Alessandro Longhi |
Production date: 1762 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Sanctus Hieronymus Aemilianus, Patr. Ven. Orphanorum Pater, & Somaschensis Cong. Institutor |
Museum number: 1951,0714.229 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antonio BarattiAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1750-1787 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1943,0709.83 |
Producer name: Print made by:Innocente AlessandriPrint made by:Pietro Scattaglia |
Production date: 1760-1770 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1865,1014.367 |
Producer name: Print made by:Franz Xaver JungwierthAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1753 |
Production place: Published in:Augsburg

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.312 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Enseigne en idée |
Museum number: 1951,0714.228 |
Producer name: Print made by:Lorenzo ZucchiAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1764-1779 |
Production place: Published in:Dresden (city)

print

Title: Sanctus Matthaeus The Holy Family and Apostles |
Museum number: 1856,0614.17 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1742 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: S Joannes Baptista The Holy Family and Apostles |
Museum number: 1872,0113.23 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1740-1780 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1951,0714.236 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolo CavalliAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1750-1790

print

Museum number: 1902,1011.7606 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gottfried HaidAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1750s |
Production place: Published in:Augsburg

print

Museum number: 1872,0113.7 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1740-1780

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.284 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.286 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1943,0709.95 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1756 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1951,0714.273 |
Producer name: Print made by:Martin SchedelAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1730-1748 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.319 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0309.186 |
Producer name: Print made by:Felicità SartoriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1730-1750 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1858,0417.306 |
Producer name: Print made by:James BrethertonAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1770-1780

print

Museum number: 1932,0213.254 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Lorenz HaidAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1750s |
Production place: Published in:Augsburg

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.294 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: S. Filippo Neri |
Museum number: 1951,0714.233 |
Producer name: Print made by:Philipp Andreas KilianAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1730-1750 |
Production place: Published in:Augsburg

print

Title: Icones ad vivum Expressae |
Museum number: 1951,0714.252 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni CattiniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.305 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.303 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

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