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Caricature of the artist Pompeo Batoni

Maker

(artist)
1702-1786

Title

Caricature of the artist Pompeo Batoni

Date of Production

1700 - 1799

Medium

pen and ink (dark brown) on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 20.3 cm
Width: 16.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3731

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

Efim Schapiro, London (1899-1977); given by him to Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

l'Arte del Sorriso: la caricatura a Roma dal Seicento al 1849, Museo di Roma, Palazzo Braschi, 9 June - 2 October 2016, 2016
p. 45 under no. 17-2
not mentioned by name, just a drawing in Londra

Prosperi Valenti Rodinò, Simonetta, Carlo Marchionni caricaturista tra Roma, Montefranco, Civitavecchia e Ancona, Rome 2015
pp. 273-76
ill. on p. 312

Inscriptions

Inscription: W. Hogarth

Inscription: Ghezzi

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

Inscription: Carlo Marchioni 1702-1786. / Portrait of his main enemy. //

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