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A Puppet Show

(Italian, 1674–1755)
18th century
Medium/TechniquePen and brown ink with gray and terracotta washes on white paper (stained)
DimensionsSheet: 24.8 x 31.2 cm (9 3/4 x 12 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGeorge R. Nutter Fund
Accession number48.267
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsIn ink below picture "P G fec 1735".
ProvenanceHaversham (sold London, Christie's, 22 February 1924, lot 27, as Paolo Guardi); Capt. R. Langton Douglas; Mrs. Jean Douglas, New York; from whom purchased March 1948
Portrait of Caffarelli (Gaetano Maiorano)
Pier Leone Ghezzi
mid-18th century
Portrait of Duke Ruffo della Scaletta
Pier Leone Ghezzi
mid-18th century
Boy Standing with One Hand in His Pocket
Pier Leone Ghezzi
early to mid-18th century
A Beggar Boy Standing, Pointing with His Right Hand
Pier Leone Ghezzi
early to mid-18th century
Punchinello Rising from his Bier
Pier Leone Ghezzi
18th century
Giuseppe Ortolano
Pier Leone Ghezzi
early 18th century
Lamentation
Gerrit van Honthorst
early 17th century