Pier Leone Ghezzi
1674-1755
Portrait of a Young Man
7 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches (190 x 130 mm)
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on laid paper.
1978.28
Purchased on the Sunny Crawford von Bülow Fund 1978.
Notes
Although identified as a Self-Portrait of Ghezzi when it was in the collection of David Daniels, this drawing cannot be of the artist. The sitter may, however, be the same young man seen at the center of a composition by Ghezzi known in two versions, Albertina inv. 1266 and British Museum inv. 1859,0806.93; as noted by Birke and Kertesz (1994), however, Ghezzi is not the central figure there, but rather the one standing behind the chair at right.
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Inscriptions/Markings
Numbered on old mount at upper right, in red chalk, "231"; inscribed at lower right, in pen and brown ink, "Raffaele Mens. 28"; variously inscribed and numbered on verso.
Associated names
Poggi, Guglielmo, former owner.
Isaacs, John, former owner.
Calmann, Hans M., 1899-1982, former owner.
Daniels, Davis, former owner.
Isaacs, John, former owner.
Calmann, Hans M., 1899-1982, former owner.
Daniels, Davis, 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. 194-195.
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Century Drawings
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