MARCHIONNI, CARLORom 1702 - 1786


Title: Caricature of the Artist Christian Friedrich Wilhelm Bayer.
Verso: Sketch for a fireplace in the Villa Albani in Rome.
Technique: Pen drawing on paper.
Mounting: Mounted.
Measurement: In mat window: 18,5 x 18,5cm.
Frame: Framed.
Provenance:
Auction, New York, Sotheby's 27 January 2010, lot 29;
Collection Erich Schleier, Berlin.

Literature:
S. Prosperi Valenti Rodinò, Carlo Marchionni caricaturista tra Roma, Montefranco, Civitavecchia e Ancona, Roma 2015, p. 269, ill. 40;

We are grateful to Simonetta Prosperi Valenti, Rome, for confirming the attribution of the present painting on the basis of a high-resolution digital photograph and her help in cataloguing it.