Provenance
From three volumes of caricatures probably executed in Rome at the court of Carlos, King of Naples between 1734 and 1755 who acceded the throne of Spain as Carlos III in 1759; by inheritance to Carlos IV, 1788-1808; Joseph Bonaparte [1768-1844], King of Naples and Spain,1808-1813; Marquis of Wellesley (later Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington), 1814. (Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara); purchased by NGA, 1975.
Signore Sebastiano Conca, Pittore Napoletano (Signore Sebastiano Conca, Neapolitan Painter)
1734/1755
Accession Number
1975.30.1
Medium
pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper mounted on album page
Dimensions
sheet: 31.6 x 21.5 cm (12 7/16 x 8 7/16 in.) | support: 48 x 38 cm (18 7/8 x 14 15/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Credit Line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
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