Portrait of Giovanni Battista Maini, 1749, Pier Leone Ghezzi, Italian, (Rome), 1674–1755, 12 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. ( x cm) (image)23 3/4 × 19 3/4 in. ( × cm) (outer frame), Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk, Italy, 18th century, The 18th century Italian painter Pier Leone Ghezzi is best remembered for his satirical drawings of friends, colleagues, and the Grand Tourists in Rome, which he produced in great number. Here he represents the sculptor Giovanni Battista Maini. Far from flattering Maini, Ghezzi exaggerated the size of his nose and lips

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