ID 964886
Lot 107 | PIER LEONE GHEZZI (ROME 1674-1755)
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
Caricature of a gentleman seen from behind
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watermark Orfini arms below a cross
10 7/8 x 7 in. (27.5 x 18 cm.)
Ghezzi, P.L.
Provenance
Carlo Prayer (1826-1900), Milan (L. 2044).
Maria Bernasconi, acquired in 1977 (handwritten inscription on verso);
Juan & Felix Bernasconi; sold Christie's, London, 8 December 1987, lot 49.
Literature
E. Lambert, ‘English Manners, Robin and Rupert Hambro’s Country House in the Heart of London’, Architectural Digest, March 1995, pp. 124-5.
| Artist: | Pierre Leone Guezzi (1674 - 1755) |
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| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Artist: | Pierre Leone Guezzi (1674 - 1755) |
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| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
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