Self-Portrait

This Self-portrait by Piazzetta is one of the few drawings in the collection of the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza. It entered the Villa Favorita in 1970 from the art market and seems to have previously been in a Paris collection. The drawing was made known to the public at the time of an exhibition held at the L’Oeil gallery, and was reproduced in the accompanying catalogue. One year later it was the…