Pier Leone Ghezzi Rome 1674 - 1755

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Description

Pier Leone Ghezzi
standing cleric holding a bouquet
pen and brown ink

Provenance

Possibly Count Aretin, Munich (according to pencil inscription, verso);
Comte A. d'Auffay ? (L.63);
A. Freiherr von Lanna (L.2773);
Sale, Lucerne, Gilhofer and Ranschburg, 28 June 1934, lot 114;
Brno/Feldmann inventory number 3058

Exhibited

Brno, Moravská Galerie, Italian Drawings from Renaissance to Barock, 1969

Catalogue Note

Unfortunately this charming figure cannot be identified. A large group of caricatures by Ghezzi, from the collection of Lord Braybrooke, was sold in these Rooms, 10 December 1979. Another large collection is in the Vatican Library.