Ghezzi, Pierleone or Pier Leone
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Italian, 17th – 18th century, male.
Born 28 June 1674, in Rome; died 5 March 1755, in Rome.
Painter, engraver, musician, scholar. Religious subjects, portraits.
Pierleone Ghezzi was the son and pupil of Giuseppe Ghezzi. He was commissioned by Pope Benedict XIV, together with L. Garzi, F. Trevisani and B. Luti, to paint, among other things, a series of ...
