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Pier Leone Ghezzi
1674-1755
M. de Ramsay
Pen and brown ink on paper.
10 5/8 x 7 1/4 inches (270 x 185 mm)
Gift of Louis and Adele Auchincloss.
1980.11
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Watermark: none visible through lining.
Probably Andres Michael Ramsay (1686-1743), born in Scotland but spent most of his life in France where he was known as the Chevalier de Ramsay. Ghezzi must have portrayed him in 1724 when he was in Rome for a short time as tutor of the two sons of James Francis Edward, the Pretender (1688-1766).
Inscription:
Inscribed on separate piece of paper attached at lower edge of drawing, "M. de Ramsay".
Provenance:
János Scholz, New York (no mark; see Lugt S. 2933b); by whom given to Mr. and Mrs. Louis S. Auchincloss, New York.
Associated names:
Scholz, János, former owner.
Auchincloss, Louis, former owner.
Auchincloss, Adele, former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 194.
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