Caricature of a Peasant with a Broad Hat

c. 1750/1770

Carlo Marchionni

Associated Names
Carlo Marchionni

Artist, Roman, 1702 - 1786

The image is a drawing of a person positioned off-center in an indoor setting. The person is standing with their left arm raised and bent at the elbow and their right arm outstretched with an open palm. They have a youthful face, long hair tucked under a broad-brimmed hat, and are dressed in a textured jacket, voluminous trousers, boots, and a belt. There is no apparent jewelry or objects in their hands. The background features a simple, geometric architectural structure with walls meeting at a corner and a tiled floor. The scene is bordered by a rectangular frame integrated into the paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with gray and brown washes on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 27.8 × 20.2 cm (10 15/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
    mount: 47.8 × 38.1 cm (18 13/16 × 15 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.52.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Giovanni and Gabriella Barilla, Geneva (sale, Sotheby's, London, 14 March 2012, no. 356, part of a dismantled album that included domestic scenes and caricatures, part of which was also sold in lot 354); (Nicolas Schwed, OMD Sarl, Paris); purchased 2017 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2018

  • Sense of Humor: Caricature, Satire, and the Comical in Prints and Drawings from Leonardo to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019.

Bibliography

2015

  • Rondinò, Simonetta Prosperi Valenti. Carlo Marchionni caricaturista: tra Roma, Montefranco, Civitavecchia e Ancona. Rome, 2015: 53-55 and fig. 9.

Inscriptions

on the mount, upper right in graphite: 98

Wikidata ID

Q64538073

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