
Biography adapted from Wikipedia: Pier Leone Ghezzi (CC BY-SA 4.0).
48 works by Pier Leone Ghezzi (1674–1755) are catalogued on Archive Lane, free to preview and available to download or order as a print.
Pier Leone Ghezzi was an Italian Rococo painter, draughtsman, printmaker and caricaturist who was mainly active in Rome. While he painted decorative frescoes and created a new type of anecdotal and realistic history painting, he is now mainly known for his caricatures of famous people of his time. He has been described as the first professional caricaturist. In his countless portrait drawings, he was able to capture the essence of the sitter with only a few strokes. He regularly portrayed a single figure with exaggerated anatomy and various eccentricities of clothing and posture. In group portraits he created a humoristic effect by repeating a strange stance or expression.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Most of Pier Leone Ghezzi's work on the site falls under Drawings (30), Prints (13), Portraits (4).
By movement, it's catalogued as Rococo (48).
Culture: Italian (48).
By orientation: 6 landscape, 42 portrait.
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