Pier Leone Ghezzi

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Pier Leone Ghezzi

1674-1755

Portrait of a Young Man

Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on laid paper.

7 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches (190 x 130 mm)

Purchased on the Sunny Crawford von Bülow Fund 1978.

1978.28

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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.

Inscription:

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.

Provenance:

Guglielmo Poggi (Lugt S. 2034a); Prof. John Isaacs; his sale, London, Sotheby's, 27 February 1964, lot 190 (as Mengs); H. M. Calmann, London; David M. Daniels (1927-2002), New York; his sale, London, Sotheby's, 25 April 1978, lot 28, repr.; acquired from E. V. Thaw and Co., New York.

Associated names:

Poggi, Guglielmo, 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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