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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1682-1754)

• Was an Italian Rococo painter of religious subjects and genre scenes.
• Starting in 1697 he studied with the painter Antonio Molinari.
• He studied under Giuseppe Maria Crespi while living in Bologna in 1703–05.  
• Piazzetta created an art of warm, rich color and a mysterious poetry.
• The gestures and glances of his protagonists hint at unseen dramas.
• The displayed painting is a crop from Girl with a Ring Biscuit, c. 1740.
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