Caricature of a Peasant with a Broad Hat, c. 1750/1770

Not on View

Medium

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

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.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

2017.52.2

Artists / Makers

Carlo Marchionni (artist) Roman, 1702 - 1786

Image Use

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Inscription

on the mount, upper right in graphite: 98

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

Schwed, Nicolas

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.