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Executioner Holding Up a Severed Head
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1682–1754
- Artist
- Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, Venice 1682–1754 Venice)
- Date
- 1682–1754
- Medium
- Charcoal, highlighted with white chalk, on gray-blue paper
- Size
- 15-15/16 x 10-1/2 in. (40.5 x 26.7 cm)
- Type
- Drawings
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Licence
- Public domain: free to use, no permission needed
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