Signore Sebastiano Conca, Pittore Napoletano (Signore Sebastiano Conca, Neapolitan Painter)

Pier Leone Ghezzi1734/1755

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Title: Signore Sebastiano Conca, Pittore Napoletano (Signore Sebastiano Conca, Neapolitan Painter)
Creator: Pier Leone Ghezzi
Date Created: 1734/1755
Physical Dimensions: sheet: 31.6 x 21.5 cm (12 7/16 x 8 7/16 in.) support: 48 x 38 cm (18 7/8 x 14 15/16 in.)
Provenance: From three volumes of caricatures probably executed in Rome at the court of Carlos, King of Naples between 1734 and 1755 who acceded the throne of Spain as Carlos III in 1759; by inheritance to Carlos IV, 1788-1808; Joseph Bonaparte [1768-1844], King of Naples and Spain,1808-1813; Marquis of Wellesley (later Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington), 1814. (Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara); purchased by NGA, 1975.
Medium: pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper mounted on album page

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