Artist: Pier Leone Ghezzi (1674 - 1755)
Nationality: Italian
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
Pier Leone Ghezzi was trained by his father in their native city of Rome. He received many commissions for frescoes, history paintings and portraits as a result of his friendship with Cardinal Melchior de Polignac. He was also well known for his pen and ink caricature drawings. Ghezzi was also commissioned to create six large paintings depicting the life of Pope Clement XI for the papal palace at Castelgandolfo. After the pope’s death, Ghezzi was hired by the Falconieri family for whom he painted frescoes at their castle in Torrimpietra and Villa Falconieri at Frascati. In his later life, he devoted himself to studying ancient art.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Pier Leone Ghezzi, Una Guardia Canterna, 18th century
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Pier Leone Ghezzi, Monsieur de la Grenelay, 1749
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Pier Leone Ghezzi, Un Pizzicaruolo, 17th - 18th century
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Pier Leone Ghezzi, Dona Luizella, 17th - 18th century
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Pier Leone Ghezzi, Doctor Fossambroni, circa 1729 - 1730
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Artist: Pier Leone Ghezzi Title: The Prodigal Son Date: about 1720 - 1730 Medium: oil
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Artist: Pier-Leone Ghezzi Title: Portrait of Duke Beccadelli Date: about 1710 Medium: pen and ink
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Artist: Pier-Leone Ghezzi Title: Caricature of Giovanni Battista Maini Date: 1749 Medium: pen and brown
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Pier Leone Ghezzi - The Prodigal Son c. 1720-30 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts Italian
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William Wynne Ryland, Pietro Leone Ghezzi, 1762
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Imitator of Pier Leone Ghezzi, Italian, 1674-1755 The Funeral of Pulcinella 18th century Pen and
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Pier Leone Ghezzi, Italian, 1674-1755 A Beggar Boy Standing, Pointing with His Right Hand early-mid
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Pier Leone Ghezzi, Italian, 1674-1755 Boy Standing with One Hand in His Pocket early-mid 18th
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Imitator of Pier Leone Ghezzi, Italian, 1674-1755 A Puppet Show 18th century Pen and brown
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Pier Leone Ghezzi, Italian, 1674-1755 Portrait of Caffarelli (Gaetano Maiorano) mid 18th century Pen and
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Pier Leone Ghezzi, Italian, 1674-1755 Portrait of Duke Ruffo della Scaletta mid 18th century Pen
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David Alfaro Siqueiros - Strike on the Pier 1954 gouache on board mou Cleveland Museum of Art Mexican
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Claes Oldenburg - Spoon Pier 1975 soft-ground etching, The Mint Museums American
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M. Leone Bracker, Keep"em Smiling! - World War I poster, 1918
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Harvey Ellis - Summerville Pier and Lighthouse 1884 watercolor on paper Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Claude Marks, Costume sketch for Captain Leone for Ben Jonson"s "Volpone", 20th century
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Paul Whitman, Pier"s End, 1927
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Herman Volz, Pier 39, 20th century
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Edmund Blampied, Old Pier Head, 1921
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Nicolaus van Aelst, Planter del Conclave in fede nacanter di Leone XI (Pope Leo XI and the conclave of priests), 1605
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Francis Seymour Haden, Little Calais Pier, 1865
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Francis Seymour Haden, Little Calais Pier, 1865
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Paul Whitman, Cannery Pier, 1927
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Francis Seymour Haden, Little Calais Pier, 1865
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Francis Seymour Haden, Little Calais Pier, 1865
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Francis Seymour Haden, Little Calais Pier, 1865
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Roger Fenton - Harbour at Balaklava, The Cattle Pier, Crimea 1855 salted paper print f The Royal Photographic Society English
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Carl Armin Hansen, The Large Pier, 1925
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Douglas I. Smart, The Pier, 19th - 20th century
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Joseph Nash, The Back of Old Leith Pier, 1847
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David Cox, Grey Day, Calais Pier, 18th - 19th century
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Pier Francesco Mola, Madonna and Child, 17th century
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler, The Pier: A Grey Note, 1884
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Frances Hammel Gearhart, The Boat Pier, 19th - 20th century
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Joseph Nash, The Back of Old Leith Pier, 19th century

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (1)
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Philadelphia Museum of Art: The Splendor of 18th-Century Rome
A strong sense of their city's cultural centrality encouraged Rome's 18th-century civic and religious leaders to construct or embellish numerous churches, palaces, fountains, public plazas (piazze), gardens and gallerie...

Further Artwork and Information:

Pier Leone Ghezzi Online
Ghezzi Pier-Leone Poster
Pier Leone Ghezzi -- Encyclopædia Britannica
PIER LEONE GHEZZI - BIOGRAPHY
Hampel Kunstauktionen - Pier Leone Ghezzi
Pier Leone Ghezzi (Getty Museum)
artnet.com: Resource Library: Ghezzi: (2) Pier Leone Ghezzi
Book: Giuseppe e Pier Leone Ghezzi (Unknown Binding)
PIER LEONE GHEZZI - Christ Among the Doctors
Pier Leone Ghezzi / Una Guardia Canterna / 18th Century

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