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: (100)
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
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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William Wynne Ryland Pietro Leone Ghezzi Etching 1762
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Pier Leone Ghezzi Un Pizzicaruolo 17th - 18th century
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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 Una Guardia Canterna Pen andbrown ink and brown wash on laid paper 18th century
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Pier Leone Ghezzi Dona Luizella Pen and brown ink and brown wash on laid paper 17th - 18th century
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Pier Leone Ghezzi Doctor Fossambroni Pen and brown ink on laid paper onlaid to a heavier sheet circa 1729 - 1730
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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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Pier Leone Ghezzi Monsieur de la Grenelay Gray-brown ink over graphite on laid paper, mounted to larger sheet of heavier laid paper 1749
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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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Arthur Pond Un Pizzicaruolo 1741
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Arthur Pond Il Segnor Tomaso 1741
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Arthur Pond A Travelling Governour (Dr. Hay) 1737
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Arthur Pond Due famosi Antiquari 1739
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Arthur Pond Robert Bragg 18th century
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Arthur Pond Madame Petit , et son Cuisinier 1741
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Arthur Pond Sebastiano Resta 18th century
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Arthur Pond William Conolly M.P. 18th century
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Arthur Pond The Actor Carnacci 18th century
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Arthur Pond Dr. John (?) Bentley 18th century
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Arthur Pond [Father blessing his children] 18th century
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Arthur Pond [Unknown Man] In the Collection of Lord Duncannon 18th century
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Arthur Pond [Family group with their servants enjoying a meal] 18th century
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Claes Oldenburg - Spoon Pier 1975 soft-ground etching, The Mint Museums American
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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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Harvey Ellis - Summerville Pier and Lighthouse 1884 watercolor on paper Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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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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M. Leone Bracker Keep'em Smiling! - World War I poster lithograph poster 1918
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Claude Marks Costume sketch for Captain Leone for Ben Jonson's "Volpone" colored pencil on paper 20th century
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Herman Volz Pier 39 Lithograph 20th century
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Paul Whitman Cannery Pier Etching 1927
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Cadwallader Washburn A Landing Pier (Monterey) Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Douglas I. Smart The Pier Etching 19th - 20th century
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Edmund Blampied Old Pier Head Drypoint 1921
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Frances Hammel Gearhart The Boat Pier Color woodcut 19th - 20th century
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler The Pier: A Grey Note oil on panel 1884
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Nicolaus van Aelst Planter del Conclave in fede nacanter di Leone XI (Pope Leo XI and the conclave of priests) engraving 1605
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Carl Armin Hansen The Large Pier drypoint 1925
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Berenice Abbott Title: Waterfront, from Pier 19, East River, New York City Date: August
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Horatio Nelson Poole Pier Sixteen Etching 1919
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Leone Battista Alberti - Self-Portrait c. 1435 bronze National Gallery of Art Italian
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Angels Master called Pseudo-Pier
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Joseph Nash The Back of Old Leith Pier Litho 19th century
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Joseph Nash The Back of Old Leith Pier Color Litho 1847
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: artist unknown Title: Pier Table Date: about 1820 Medium: painted cherry, maple, tulip poplar
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: artist unknown Title: Pier Glass Date: about 1750 Medium: wood, gilt, mirror Dimensions: H.89
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Artist: Berenice Abbott Title: "Theoline", Pier II, East River, Manhattan Date: 1936 Medium: gelatin silver
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt Pier Francesco Mola (North Italian, 1612-1666)Oil on copper;
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Joseph Mallord William Turner Inverary Pier. Loch Fyne. Morning etching and mezzotint 1811
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Pier Francesco Mola Madonna and Child Etching 17th century
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William R. A. Daniell Boscastle Pier on the coast of Cornwall Color Aquatint 18th - 19th century
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Helmet Mask (Bundu) Mende people Sierra Leone Wood, vegetable fiber 40.64 x 20.32 x 22.86
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Francis Seymour Haden Little Calais Pier Etching and drypoint 1865
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Francis Seymour Haden Little Calais Pier Etching and drypoint 1865
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Footed drum Unknown people Sierra Leone (possibly), 19th century Wood, animal skin, plant fiber 43.5
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Giovanni Battista Mercati Cartille [sic] del Cardinal di Fiorenza Leone XI (Courtyard of the Cardinal of Florence Leo XI), pl. 26 from the series Alcune vedute et prospettive di luoghi dishabitati di Roma (Some Views and Perspectives of the Uninhabited Pl
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Pier Francesco Mola Rest on the Flight into Egypt Etching and engraving mid 17th century
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Francis Seymour Haden Little Calais Pier Etching and drypoint on vellum 1865
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Joseph Pennell London Bridge Pier Etching 19th - 20th century
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Francis Seymour Haden Little Calais Pier Etching and drypoint with type on verso 1865
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The Vision of Saint Bruno
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David Cox Grey Day, Calais Pier watercolor 18th - 19th century
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Francis Seymour Haden Little Calais Pier Etching and drypoint with graphite additions (two moons) 1865
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Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi Antico - Hercules 1499 bronze, with gilding The Frick Collection Italian
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Leone Leoni - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor c. 1547 cast bronze Cincinnati Art Museum Italian
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Pier Francesco Mola Tomb in Landscape Pen and brown ink, brown ink wash and red chalk on laid paper mounted on a heavier sheet 17th century
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Pier Francesco Mola Bacchus and Ariadne Pen and brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper mounted to heavier sheet 17th century
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Frank Short The Lusitania Raft on Broadstairs Pier Etching 19th - 20th century
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Francis Seymour Haden Little Calais Pier - From the Portfolio …tudes ‡ l'eau-forte (with text by Philippe Burty), page 21 etching 1865
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Andrea di Leone, Italian (Neapolitan), 1610-1685 Moses Saved from the Waters Oil on canvas 94
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Robert Brandard Newhaven Pier, Frith of Forth, plate opposite page 50 of volume 2 in the book The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain Illustrated by Views Taken on the Spot by W.H. Bartlett; with Descriptions by William B
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Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli - The Ecstacy of Saint Francis c. 1615 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art Italian
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John Cousen Mary-port Pier, plate opposite page of volume 2 in the book The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain Illustrated by Views Taken on the Spot by W.H. Bartlett; with Descriptions by William Beattie, M.D. (London:
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Pier Francesco Mola Conversion of St. Paul and other figures, studies for frescoes in the Ravenna Chapel of Il Ges* in Rome Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and red chalk on laid paper mounted on a heavier sheet circa 1656
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Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, Italian, about 1460-1528 Bust of Cleopatra Italy, (Mantua), about 1519 Bronze
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Edward Francis Finden Sunderland, the Lighthouse on the South Pier, plate opposite page 55 of volume 1 in the book The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain Illustrated by Views Taken on the Spot by W.H. Bartlett; with Descr
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Courtesy the Denise Cade Gallery ; Lester Johnson, American, Born in 1919 Untitled (Old Pier)
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Maurice Brazil Prendergast, American (born in Canada), 1858-1924 South Boston Pier: Sunset 1895-97 Pastel on
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Robert Wallis Leith Pier and Harbour, plate opposite page 43 of volume 2 in the book The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain Illustrated by Views Taken on the Spot by W.H. Bartlett; with Descriptions by William Beattie, M.
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Pier Francesco Bissolo - The Holy Family with a Donor in a Landscape early 1520's oil on wood panel Dayton Arts Institute Italian
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Iris Appearing to Turnus
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
The Conversion of Saint Paul, predella panel Benozzo Gozzoli (Benozzo di Lese di Sandro) (Italian,
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Corinthian pier capital Architectural element Byzantine Late Antique Period, Late 5th century A.D. Said to
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Totila before Saint Benedict, predella panel Benozzo Gozzoli (Benozzo di Lese di Sandro) (Italian, Florentine,
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Francois de Poilly Alexandre Falguiere engraving 1887
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Saint Zenobius Resuscitating a Dead Child, predella panel Benozzo Gozzoli (Benozzo di Lese di Sandro)
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Saint Peter and Simon Magus, predella panel Benozzo Gozzoli (Benozzo di Lese di Sandro) (Italian,
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Arthur Pond [Caricature] 18th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Table, pier, ca. 1810-1815 Made by Joseph B. Barry and Son (1757-1838)American; Made in Mid-Atlantic,
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Giuseppe Vasi Seminario Romano, Rome etching 18th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and an Angel Master called
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Giuseppe Vasi Church of St. Apollinare & Collegio Germanico, Rome etching 18th century
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Giuseppe Vasi View of the Campidoglio, pl. 80 from the series Magnificenze di Roma etching circa 1747 - 1761
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Mende Title: Sande Society Mask Date: 19th century Medium: wood and raffia Dimensions: H.13

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Pier Leone Ghezzi -- Encyclopædia Britannica
PIER LEONE GHEZZI - BIOGRAPHY
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Pier Leone Ghezzi (Getty Museum)
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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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