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

drawing

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

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

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

drawing

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

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

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

print

Museum number: 1868,0808.2695 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.304 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.317 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.292 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Ternarium Speculum: Paupertatis, Obedientiae et Castitatis |
Museum number: 1951,0714.232 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hieronymus ZeittingerAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1750-1775 |
Production place: Published in:Vienna (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.316 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.297 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Sanctus Thaddeus The Holy Family and Apostles |
Museum number: 1856,0614.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1742 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1951,0714.271 |
Producer name: Print made by:Innocente AlessandriPrint made by:Pietro Scattaglia |
Production date: 1760-1770 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: La SS Vergine Maria Raccolta di 112 stampe di pitture della storia sac |
Museum number: 1865,0520.697 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro MonacoAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743-1763 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1943,0709.98 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1756 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.285 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1943,0709.92 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1756 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Sanctus Johannes The Holy Family and Apostles |
Museum number: 1856,0614.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1742 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: S. Francesco di Paola Raccolta di 112 stampe di pitture della storia sac |
Museum number: 1951,0714.230 |
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: 1860,1208.289 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.291 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: S. Francesco di Paola Raccolta di 112 stampe di pitture della storia sac |
Museum number: 1865,0520.698 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro MonacoAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743-1763 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1943,0709.99 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1756 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.302 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1951,0714.275 |
Producer name: After:Giovanni Battista PiazzettaPublished by:Joseph (Giuseppe) Wagner |
Production date: 1740-1786 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.296 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Sanctus Simeon The Holy Family and Apostles |
Museum number: 1856,0614.18 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1742 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1943,0709.81 |
Producer name: Print made by:Innocente AlessandriPrint made by:Pietro Scattaglia |
Production date: 1760-1770 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1943,0709.97 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1756 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Regina Carmelitana |
Museum number: 1951,0714.261 |
Producer name: BIOG41917 After:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1730-1760

print

Title: Causa Nostrae Laetitiae |
Museum number: 1871,1111.527 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giuseppe BaroniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1700-1730 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Icones ad vivum Expressae |
Museum number: 1951,0714.247 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni CattiniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743

print

Title: Icones ad vivum Expressae |
Museum number: 1943,0709.87 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni CattiniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1943,0709.94 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1756 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; trade-card

Museum number: 1951,0714.263 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni RiviAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1750-1760

print

Museum number: 1872,0113.16 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1740-1780

print

Museum number: 1943,0709.89 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1730-1786

print

Museum number: 1877,0609.1617 |
Producer name: Print made by:Teodoro VieroAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1770-1780

print

Title: Caroli Goldoni Veneti ... effigiem ipsimet amoris ergo DDD Marcus Pitteri |
Museum number: 1951,0714.240 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1754

print

Title: Assumptio B.M. Virginis |
Museum number: 1870,1008.2180 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1756 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (province)

print

Title: Icones ad vivum Expressae |
Museum number: 1951,0714.242 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni CattiniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743

print

Title: S. Joseph |
Museum number: 1951,0714.258 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolo CavalliAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1750-1790

print

Title: Flos Carmeli. Decor Carmeli |
Museum number: 1951,0714.262 |
Producer name: Print made by:(Giovanni) Antonio FaldoniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1740-1770

print

Title: Icones ad vivum Expressae |
Museum number: 1951,0714.250 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni CattiniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743

print

Museum number: 1894,0122.157 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco PolanzaniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1745-1780

print

Title: Icones ad vivum Expressae |
Museum number: 1951,0714.253 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni CattiniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743

print

Title: Icones ad vivum Expressae |
Museum number: 1951,0714.254 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni CattiniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743

print

Museum number: 1877,0609.1619 |
Producer name: Print made by:Teodoro VieroAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1770-1780

print

Title: Icones ad vivum Expressae |
Museum number: 1951,0714.246 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni CattiniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743

print

Museum number: 1872,0113.14 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1740-1780

print

Title: Icones ad vivum Expressae |
Museum number: 1951,0714.244 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni CattiniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743

print

Title: Icones ad vivum Expressae |
Museum number: 1938,0906.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni CattiniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743

print

Museum number: 1877,0609.1616 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1730-1760

print

Museum number: 1951,0714.255 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1750-1760

print

Title: Icones ad vivum Expressae |
Museum number: 1951,0714.241 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni CattiniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743

print

Title: S. Teresa |
Museum number: 1951,0714.260 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antonio BarattiAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1750-1780

print

Title: Joh Baptista Piazetta pictor, natus Venetiis Icones ad vivum expressae |
Museum number: 1871,0812.4246 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni CattiniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743

print

Museum number: 1872,0113.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1740-1780

print

Museum number: 1877,0609.1618 |
Producer name: Print made by:Teodoro VieroAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1770-1780

print

Title: S Antonius Patavinus |
Museum number: 1872,0113.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1740-1780

print

Museum number: 1872,0113.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1746-1786

print

Title: S. Vincentius Ferrerius |
Museum number: 1951,0714.259 |
Producer name: Print made by:Nicolo CavalliAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1750-1790

print

Museum number: 1872,0113.13 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1740-1780

print

Museum number: 1872,0113.11 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1740-1780

print

Museum number: 1872,0113.15 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1740-1780

print

Museum number: 1951,0714.266 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1738

print

Title: Adoratio Reg: Magorum |
Museum number: 1877,0714.26 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1748-1768 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (province)

print

Museum number: 1872,0113.8 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1744-1754

print

Title: Sanctus Paulus The Holy Family and Apostles |
Museum number: 1975,U.1076 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Gottfried HaidAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1764

print

Museum number: 1888,0716.179 |
Producer name: Print made by:Teodoro VieroAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1774

print

Title: Assumpta est Maria in Coelum |
Museum number: 1871,0429.378 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johann Balthasar GutweinAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1720-1730

print

Museum number: 1873,0809.47 |
Producer name: Print made by:Valentin Daniel PreislerAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1750s

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.300 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.281 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1951,0714.272 |
Producer name: Print made by:Innocente AlessandriPrint made by:Pietro Scattaglia |
Production date: 1760-1770 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.324 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0309.183 |
Producer name: Print made by:Fiorenza MarcelloAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1730-1750 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Abrammo in atto di sagrificare a Dio il suo figliu Raccolta di 112 stampe di pitture della storia sac |
Museum number: 1865,0520.793 |
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: 1860,1208.283 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.282 |
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: 1943,0709.86 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giovanni CattiniAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print; drawing book

Museum number: 1860,1208.322 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: S. Philippus Nerius |
Museum number: 1951,0714.226 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PelliAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1750-1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Ecce Ancilla Domini fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum |
Museum number: 1951,0714.235 |
Producer name: After:Giovanni Battista PiazzettaPublished by:Joseph (Giuseppe) Wagner |
Production date: 1740-1786 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1943,0709.82 |
Producer name: Print made by:Innocente AlessandriPrint made by:Pietro Scattaglia |
Production date: 1760-1770 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Sanctus Matthias The Holy Family and Apostles |
Museum number: 1856,0614.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1742 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Sanctus Marcus The Holy Family and Apostles |
Museum number: 1872,0113.21 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1740-1780 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: S Lucas The Holy Family and Apostles |
Museum number: 1872,0113.22 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1740-1780 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Museum number: 1927,0218.69 |
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: 1860,1208.299 |
Producer name: Print made by:Marco PitteriAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1760 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

print

Title: Due vecchi tentano insidie all'onestà della casta Raccolta di 112 stampe di pitture della storia sac |
Museum number: 1865,0520.792 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pietro MonacoAfter:Giovanni Battista Piazzetta |
Production date: 1743-1763 |
Production place: Published in:Venice (city)

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