Live Auction 21921The Robin and Rupert Hambro Collection
PIER LEONE GHEZZI (ROME 1674-1755)
Lot 107

PIER LEONE GHEZZI (ROME 1674-1755)

Caricature of a gentleman seen from behind

Closed8 June 2023

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GBP 2,000–3,000

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PIER LEONE GHEZZI (ROME 1674-1755)
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.)

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.

Specialist note


There is a drawing in the Lugt Collection, Paris, with a figure holding a similar position, seen from behind (J. Byam Shaw, The Italian drawings of the Frits Lugt collection, Paris, 1983, no. 187, pl. 211).