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1750-1770

Seven Sketches for Caricatures of an Artist at Work

Carlo Marchionni

Italian, 1702 - 1786

Marchionni was a leading architect in Rome during the greater part of the eighteenth century. His prolific output of designs showed a range of inventions from tombs to ephemeral festive decorations, often sparkling and lively examples of the Rococo imagination. He was also a notable caricaturist, leaving at his death several volumes of caricatures, of which four are known today.

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