''A mocking kiss''
Satire, Irony, and Caricature in prints and drawings
Satire, Irony, and Caricature in prints and drawings
- Ghezzi: The Master at the Harpsichord and His Two Disciples
- Hogarth: The Four Times of Day
- Anon. British: The Bishopric
- Benedetti: The Night Beauty
- Goya: All Will Fall
- Goya: They are Hot
- Goya: Yes he Broke the pot
- Rowlandson: Death Taking the Young Mother
- Rowlandson: Mr. Bullock's Exhibition of Laplanders
- Gillray: The Bulstrode Siren
- att. to Heath: The Wish Granted
- Desperret: ''The Charter is a reality...''
- Tregear: A Genius
- Travies de Villers: The Political Tower of Babel
- Anonymous (19th Century): The Gout
- Bracquemond: Margot la Critique
- Detouche: La Gourmandise
- Bellows: Solitude
- de Bruycker: Placing the Dragon
- Blampied: Deux Précieux
- Eichenberg: The Follies of the Court
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1. Pier Leone Ghezzi (1647-1755): The Master at the Harpsichord and His Two Disciples |
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The Master at the Harpsichord and His Two Disciples
Pen & brown ink on laid paper, 275 x 387 mm., a few tears well repaired. Inscribed "Signor Maestro" and "Suoi Discipoli." Ghezzi, son of a Roman painter, was one of the first artists to concentrate on caricature as his primary artistic production. Many have imitated his style in portraying Roman society, tourists and musicians. Instances where a weary yet patient master could not make any progress with his perplexed and bumbling disciples were probably all too common.
