Caricature of the artist Pompeo Batoni
Maker
(artist)
1702-1786
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
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
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. //
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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