Pier Leone Ghezzi (Rome 1674-1755)

Self Portrait

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Pier Leone Ghezzi (Rome 1674-1755)
Self Portrait
inscribed 'Cav: Ghezzi fecit in Roma nel 1722'
pen and brown ink, in an elaborately inscribed oval, watermark Orfini arms below M
14½ x 10½ in. (369 x 267 mm.)

Lot Essay

Several self-portaits by Ghezzi are known, including one executed in 1702 and now in the Sunny Crawford von Bülow Collection at the Pierpont Morgan Library (B. Hainley, Fantasy and Reality, exhib. cat., New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, 1995, p. 23, no. 31). This drawing shows the artist at the age of 48 when he was at the height of his career.

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