Caricature of Père Conti of the French Mission in Rome

Details

Pier Leone Ghezzi (Rome 1674-1755)
Caricature of Père Conti of the French Mission in Rome
with inscription 'Le P. Conty' (on the mount)
pen and brown ink
4½ x 4 in. (11.2 x 10.2 cm.), unframed

Provenance

J. Scholz, by whom presented as a gift to
H. de Marignane (L. Suppl. 1343a), from whom acquired by the present owner.

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Lot Essay

Ghezzi drew at least three other caricatures of Antonio Schinella Conti (1677-1749), also called l'abbé Conti. Two are dated 1722 and the third, which shows him full length in the same pose as in the present drawing, was sold at Sotheby's, London, 10 December 1979, lot 59, and is now in the Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC (80.23.1).

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