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Father Pepe Preaching to Sailors
Pier Leone Ghezzi · c. 1740
Provenance
Ownership history
- Charles III, King of Spain (died 1788); Charles IV, King of Spain (died 1819); Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain (died 1844); Ferdinand VII, King of Spain (died 1833); the 1st Duke of Wellington (died 1852), by 1813; by descent until 1972. Robert M. Light, Boston; Dorothy Braude Edinburg; given to the Art Institute, 1998.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "Gifts of a Lifetime, Old Master Drawings," 1998-99, checklist 21.
- The Art Institute of Chicago, "Drawings in Dialogue: Old Master Through Modern, The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection," June 3–July 30, 2006, p. 60, cat. 33 (ill.).
Literature
Published references
- Disegni originali rappresentanti alcuni ritratti in caricatura fatti dal Cavaliere Pier Leone Ghezzi pittore romano I (Rome, 1780), p. 37 (ill.).
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