Caricature portraits of two ecclesiastics: Monsignor Diedo, Bishop of Torcello and Murano, and Father Lombardi Veronese, a Jesuit of the Novitiate Church
Maker
(artist)
1674-1755
1674-1755
Title
Caricature portraits of two ecclesiastics: Monsignor Diedo, Bishop of Torcello and Murano, and Father Lombardi Veronese, a Jesuit of the Novitiate Church
Date of Production
(15 June) 1752
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, with brown ink framing lines, on laid paper, laid down on an historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 35.3 cm
Width: 24 cm
Width: 24 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.1262
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Jean-Baptiste-Florentin-Gabriel de Meyran Marquis de Lagoy, Aix-en-Provence (1764-1829), L.1710; Alfred Seymour, Trent (1824-1888), L.176; his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 26 April 1927, lot 49; purchased there by Colnaghi (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 18 July 1935 (£10); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Italian Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Witt
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960 ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953 ...Less
Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 01/03/1971-01/04/1971
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 01/09/1960-01/10/1960 ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1958-59
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953 ...Less
Literature
Italian Old Master drawings. Witt Collection, Courtauld Gallery, The National Art Gallery of New Zealand, Wellington, 1970
cat. no. 47
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 31
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 70 ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 51 ...Less
cat. no. 47
Old Master Drawings from the Witt Collection, Auckland City Art Gallery, 1960
cat. no. 31
Drawings from the Witt Collection, Courtauld Institute Galleries, London, 1958 - 1959
cat. no. 70 ...More
Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 51 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermarks: Recto, right centre: obscured by mount, can only see a circle with a double border, above are letters, only visible is “M”. Mount (historic): Recto, right centre edge, cut off: “ON” or “OM”.
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Alfred Seymour (L.176)
Inscription: Monro. Diedo Vescovo di torcello e Murano. Venetiano_ P. Lombardi Veronese, Gesuita alla chiesa del Novitiato / fatto da me Cav. Ghezzi il di 15. Giugnio 1752 - fatti alli Camandoli di Frascati. //
Inscription: 22i [or zzi] / 55 //
Inscription: 8 / no / 21 //
Inscription: 11
Inscription: compare Roma-Vigo R.m. [?]
Inscription: A4909
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Jean-Baptiste-Florentin-Gabriel de Meyran Marquis de Lagoy (L.1710)
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Alfred Seymour (L.176)
Inscription: Monro. Diedo Vescovo di torcello e Murano. Venetiano_ P. Lombardi Veronese, Gesuita alla chiesa del Novitiato / fatto da me Cav. Ghezzi il di 15. Giugnio 1752 - fatti alli Camandoli di Frascati. //
Inscription: 22i [or zzi] / 55 //
Inscription: 8 / no / 21 //
Inscription: 11
Inscription: compare Roma-Vigo R.m. [?]
Inscription: A4909
Collector's mark: collector's mark of Jean-Baptiste-Florentin-Gabriel de Meyran Marquis de Lagoy (L.1710)
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