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Pier-Leone Ghezzi

Le Chevalier de la Motte, ca. 1725

Description

Maker

Pier-Leone Ghezzi, 1674-1755, Italian

Title

Le Chevalier de la Motte

Year

ca. 1725

Medium

pen and black ink over traces of black chalk on laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

paper

Dimensions

30 x 20 cm (11 13/16 x 7 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in contemporary hand in brown ink on slip of paper attached to mount: "M. le Ch. deLamothe"; on verso in contemporary hand in brown ink: "M. le Ch. deLamothe"; numbered in brown ink at upper right hand corner of mount: "18".

Watermark: Crown with the letter P in a circle

Type

Credit

Gift of Janos Scholz

Object Number

52.128

Projects & Publications

Publications

Old Master Drawings from the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibition History

Old Master Drawings

September 2 - October 16, 1983

Italian Art in Celebration of Rhode Island’s Italian Festival; Seven Centuries of Italian Art

April 12 - May 21, 1967

Italian Drawings from the Museum's Collection

March 17 - April 16, 1961

Italian Drawings of the 16th Century--18th Century, Recently Acquired

October 22, 1952 - January 6, 1953

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