- Pier Leone Ghezzi
Pier Leone Ghezzi (
28 June 1674 – March 1755) was an ItalianRococo painter and caricaturist active inRome .Ghezzi was born in
Comunanza , in what is now theMarche .His father,
Giuseppe Ghezzi , (1634–1721), also trainedAntonio Amorosi , and was a secretary to the RomanAccademia di San Luca . Pier Leone himself joined the Academy in 1705. He was the godson ofCarlo Maratta . Pier Leone is known for hisfresco es in theVilla Falconieri ofFrascati .His pen and
gouache caricatures are much freer in emotion than his state portraiture, and often depict named individuals or professions in satirical fashion.He died in Rome.
References
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External links
* [http://www.museodiroma.comune.roma.it/PalazzoBraschi/StaticHtml/dipinti1zoom_ing.htm| Museo di Roma]
* [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp55411&role=art| National Portrait Gallery]
* [http://www.ackland.org/art/exhibitions/motm/p3.html| Two priests]
* [http://search.famsf.org:8080/view.shtml?keywords=%47%68%65%7A%7A%69&artist=&country=&period=&sort=&start=1&position=4&record=59946| Un Pizzicaruolo]
* [http://search.famsf.org:8080/view.shtml?keywords=%47%68%65%7A%7A%69&artist=&country=&period=&sort=&start=1&position=1&record=57978| Dona Luizella]
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