Executioner Holding Up a Severed Head, 1682–1754, Charcoal, highlighted with white chalk, on gray-blue paper, 15-15/16 x 10-1/2 in. (40.5 x 26.7 cm), Drawings, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, Venice 1682–1754 Venice), This drawing of an executioner holding up a head was possibly conceived by Piazzetta for his paiting with 'The Martyrdom of Saint Paul' (Private collection, Italy), where a similar mustachioed executioner appears in a slightly different pose
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Executioner Holding Up, Severed Head, 1682–1754, Charcoal, highlighted, white chalk, gray-blue paper, 15-15/16 x 10-1/2, 40.5 26.7 cm, Drawings, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Italian, Venice, drawing, executioner holding, up, head, conceived, Piazzetta, paiting, Martyrdom, Saint Paul, Private collection, Italy, mustachioed executioner, slightly different, pose
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