# A Young Man Embracing a Girl

- By: Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (Italian, 1683 - 1754)
- Date: c. 1743
- Medium: charcoal on blue paper (now faded) heightened with white chalk
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: overall: 39.5 x 31.6 cm (15 9/16 x 12 7/16 in.)
- Culture: Venetian
- Credit line: Gift of Katherine and Alexandra Baer in Memory of their father, Dr. George Baer
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.74876.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/9c8d6a94-92ab-456b-95e4-4416035c817e/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)