Pier Leone Ghezzi standing before his easel on which is placed an image of the Virgin Mary, and pointing out of the window towards a procession of priests. Etching by W.W. Ryland, 1762, after P.L. Ghezzi.

  • Ghezzi, Pier Leone, 1674-1755.
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1762
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34788i
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[Place of publication not identified] : Ap[u]d C[arolum] R[ogers, 1762.

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1 print : etching

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Cav. Pietro Leone Ghezzi ; ridentem pingere verum quid vetat? Cav. P.L. Ghezzi delt. W.W. Ryland sct. 1762

References note

R. Weigel, Die Werke der Maler in ihren Handzeichnungen, Leipzig: R. Weigel, 1865, p. 235, no. 2706 ("Kniestück des Meisters, bei der Staffelei. Feder. Aus Rogers Sammlung. W. W. Ryland sc. Oval. H. 6" 10"', Br. 6" 4"'. Rogers, Collection 38")
A. Griffiths, 'The Rogers collection in the Cottonian Library Plymouth', Print quarterly, vol. 10, 1993, pp. 19-36

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