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Pier Francesco Mola

Caricature with Mola Protecting Himself from a Man Holding a Viper

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Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 14.7 x 17.8 cm (5 13/16 x 7 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Michael Miller and Lucy Vivante

Accession Number

1998.109.1

Artists / Makers

Pier Francesco Mola (artist) Italian, 1612 - 1666

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, lower left in brown ink: C. Marata

Provenance

Morel d'Arleux, France; French private collection; Michael Miller and Lucy Vivante, New York; gift to NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Miller, Michael

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.

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