Executioner Holding Up a Severed Head
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
Artist bio: Italian, Venice 1682–1754 Venice
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1682–1754
Medium: Charcoal, highlighted with white chalk, on gray-blue paper
Dimensions: 15-15/16 x 10-1/2 in.  (40.5 x 26.7 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1961
Accession year: 1961
Tags: Swords|Heads|Men