Caricature with Mola Protecting Himself from a Man Holding a Viper
Pier Francesco Mola
1601 to 1650
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 14.7 x 17.8 cm (5 13/16 x 7 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Michael Miller and Lucy Vivante
Accession Number
1998.109.1
About the Artist
Pier Francesco Mola
Pier Francesco Mola (1612–1666) was a Roman Baroque painter celebrated for the lyrical quality of his landscapes and the painterly freedom of his figural work, qualities that set him apart from the more rigorous classicism of some of his contemporaries. Born in Coldrerio in the Swiss canton of Ticino, he spent the greater part of his career in Rome, where he underwent an extensive and eclectic for...