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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
The Virgin Appearing to the Guardian Angelcirca 1717-1718

Not on view
Oil painting, multi-figure narrative composition showing a blue-robed woman holding an infant on clouds above a brightly lit angel with wings and several reclining figures below
Artist or Maker
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
Italy, Venice, 1682-1754
Title
The Virgin Appearing to the Guardian Angel
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
circa 1717-1718
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 26 × 18 1/2 in. (66.04 × 46.99 cm) Frame: 31 1/2 × 24 1/4 × 2 in. (80.01 × 61.6 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Adolph Loewi
Accession Number
46.30
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.