album;
drawing
- Museum number
- 1859,0806.233
- Description
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Caricature Count Manassei facing left: drawing from an album.
Pen and brown ink
- Production date
- 1750 (2 June)
- Dimensions
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Height: 108 millimetres
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Width: 78 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1859,0806.91 for comment and description of album.
The inscription states that the sitter is a count and a priest.
A Giuseppe Maria Manassei from the noble family of Terni was then General of the Capuchin Order. Possibly the present sitter, although one would have expected a higher accreditation than just 'sacerdote' in the inscription.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1859
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1859,0806.233