In the history of art, Pier Leone Ghezzi is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Pier Leone Ghezzi as Italian painter (1674-1755).
Pier Leone Ghezzi was born at Rome in 1674.
Patronage, the guild system and a new open art market shaped what could be painted and for whom.
He worked as caricaturist, painter and graphic artist.
His best-known work is Maria Clementina Sobieska. Looking is a skill, and the artists who last are those who taught their audience how to do it.
Pier Leone Ghezzi died in 1755, aged 81. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Notable work: Maria Clementina Sobieska
