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Matthias Oesterreich
1716-1778
Chierico di Capella : nell Gabinetto di S.M. il Re di Pol. Elet. di Sassonia / Eques. P.L. Ghezzi delin. ; Matthaeus Oesterreich sculps Dresde.
Dresden : s.n., 1750.
engraving
image: 259 x 199 mm; plate mark: 297 x 204 mm; irregular sheet: 325 x 233 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.673
Notes
Print is numbered "II" at lower left.
No. 2 of a published set of 24 caricatures of members of the court of Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector Saxony, engraved by Matthias Oesterreich after Ghezzi and published in Dresden in 1750 with the title: Raccolta di XXIV Caricature Disegnate colla penna dell Celebre Cavalliere Piet: Leon: Ghezzi. Conservati nell Gabinetto di Sua Maestà il Rè di Polonia Elett. di Sassonia.
No. 2 of a published set of 24 caricatures of members of the court of Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector Saxony, engraved by Matthias Oesterreich after Ghezzi and published in Dresden in 1750 with the title: Raccolta di XXIV Caricature Disegnate colla penna dell Celebre Cavalliere Piet: Leon: Ghezzi. Conservati nell Gabinetto di Sua Maestà il Rè di Polonia Elett. di Sassonia.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Full length caricature of a cleric in court clothes, facing right, with his tricorne hat in his right hand and his left hand tucked into the breast of his waistcoat.
Associated names
Oesterreich, Matthias, 1716-1778. Raccolta di XXIV Caricature.
Ghezzi, Pier Leone, 1674-1755, designer.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ghezzi, Pier Leone, 1674-1755, designer.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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