Chierico di Capella : nell Gabinetto di S.M. il Re di Pol. Elet. di Sassonia / Eques. P.L. Ghezzi delin. ; Matthaeus Oesterreich sculps Dresde.

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Matthias Oesterreich

1716-1778

Dresden : sn, 1750

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

1986.673

Published:

Dresden : s.n., 1750.

Provenance:

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Notes:

Print is numbered "II" at lower left.
No. 2 of a published set of 24 caricatures of members of the court of Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector Saxony, engraved by Matthias Oesterreich after Ghezzi and published in Dresden in 1750 with the title: Raccolta di XXIV Caricature Disegnate colla penna dell Celebre Cavalliere Piet: Leon: Ghezzi. Conservati nell Gabinetto di Sua Maestà il Rè di Polonia Elett. di Sassonia.

Summary:

Full length caricature of a cleric in court clothes, facing right, with his tricorne hat in his right hand and his left hand tucked into the breast of his waistcoat.

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Artist page:

Oesterreich, Matthias

School:

Italian

Century:

18th century

Classification:

Department:

Drawings and Prints