Caricature Portrait of Pier Leone Ghezzi (1675-1755)
Carl Marcus Tuscher, German, 1705 - 1751
1743
Etching on paper
Sheet: 13 5/16 × 7 15/16 in. (33.8 × 20.2 cm)
Mount: 15 11/16 × 11 in. (39.9 × 28 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Class of 1935 Memorial Fund
2010.64
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and inscribed, in plate lower left: M T. del + Sculp: London: 1743; inscribed, in plate, lower lcenter: Il Famosos Cavre delle Caricature.
Provenance
Grosvenor Prints, London, United Kingdom; sold to present collection, 2010.
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