Lot Essay
This drawing is unusual for Ghezzi in that it represents a woman. Most of Ghezzi's caricatures show clerics or notable residents of Rome of the period
Details
Pier Leone Ghezzi* (1674-1755)
A Caricature of a tall Woman with a Fan attended by a Page
with inscription 'Longhi'; black chalk, pen and brown ink
12 1/8 x 8¾in. (307 x 211mm.)
A Caricature of a tall Woman with a Fan attended by a Page
with inscription 'Longhi'; black chalk, pen and brown ink
12 1/8 x 8¾in. (307 x 211mm.)
Provenance
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 10 July 1979, lot 112, illustrated (( 900)