Pier Leone Ghezzi - photo 1
Pier Leone Ghezzi - photo 1

Pier Leone Ghezzi

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Auction dateClassic
27.03.2018 18:00UTC +02:00
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Palais Dorotheum
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Australia, Wien
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ID 53140
Lot 154 | Pier Leone Ghezzi
( Rome 1674-1755 )
"Monsieur David", The French Consul in Naples, pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on laid paper with watermark "Shield with lily ", inscribed "Mr. David" in pen and brown ink on the reverse, 32,5 x 22,7 cm, mounted, unframed, ( Sch )

Provenance:
Auction sale Sotheby's, "Caricature Drawings by Pier Leone Ghezzi (Rome 1674-1755). The Property of The Rt. Hon. Lord Braybrooke", London, 10th December 1979, lot 111; private collection, Italy.

The attribution to Pier Leone Ghezzi was confirmed by Anna Lo Bianco on the basis of a digital photograph.

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