Caricature with Mola Protecting Himself from a Man Holding a Viper

Pier Francesco Mola

Artist, Italian, 1612 - 1666

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Morel d'Arleux, France; French private collection; Michael Miller and Lucy Vivante, New York; gift to NGA, 1998.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2018

  • Sense of Humor: Caricature, Satire, and the Comical in Prints and Drawings from Leonardo to the Present, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2018 - 2019.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left in brown ink: C. Marata

Watermarks

star in a circle (similar to Briquet 6086, but with a circle or letter C on top)

Wikidata ID

Q64619548

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