Caricature Portrait of Pier Leone Ghezzi (1675-1755)

Carl Marcus Tuscher, German, 1705 - 1751

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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

Print

Research Area

Print

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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