April 17, 2024
ITALIAN SCHOOL 18thC - ROME - CARICATURED PORTRAIT PEASANT CIRCLE GHEZZI
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From a collection in the French Sarthe region, is this stunning 18th century Italian drawing.The drawing, executed in pen and ink on laid paper, depicts a caricatured portrait of a peasant.Authorship : the drawing is from the Italian school (Rome), attributed to the near circle of Pier Leone Ghezzi.PIER LEONE GHEZZI ( Comunanza 1674 - Rome 1755) : Painter, draughtsman, antiquarian and musician, active during the Rococo Period. Son of Giuseppe Ghezzi. He has been described as the first professional caricaturist, yet he also painted decorative frescoes and created a new type of anecdotal and realistic history painting. As a portrait painter, his works are distinguished by their fresh naturalism. He enjoyed a privileged relationship with Pope Clement XI and his family, and was patronized by the Roman nobility, high churchmen and French aristocrats in Rome. It is their world, and that of the British Grand Tourist, that he portrayed so often.Period : ca. 1750.Size : 15,1x13,2cm.Condition : Fairly good. Brownspotted and dirt. Sides and corners slightly damaged. Topcorner right missing. Laid down at a supporting sheet. Unframed.Shipping : flat shippingcost 15$. Shipped as International Registered Mail (with trackingn°). Combined shipping available.
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