album;
drawing
- Museum number
- 1859,0806.150
- Description
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Caricature of the Marchese del Grillo facing to the left: drawing in an album.
Pen and brown ink
- Production date
- 1749 (6 May)
- Dimensions
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Height: 99 millimetres
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Width: 68 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1859,0806.91 for comment and description of album.
The inscription states that the Marchese del Grillo owned the Torre del Grillo below Monte Cavallo and was a very rich man who went around dressed as a dishonourable man. That he was full of all sorts of jewellery, but went around in such a state of drunkness (?) that disgusted whoever saw him. That he lived in his palace where there was not a single glass window and in order to save money he slept without glass in his windows.
Onofrio del Grillo (1714-1787)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1859
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1859,0806.150