Caricatures of Clerics and Priests
Pier Francesco Mola
1640s or 1650s(?)
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 14.1 x 18.6 cm (5 9/16 x 7 5/16 in.), irregularly torn and repaired
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Joseph F. McCrindle Collection
Accession Number
2009.70.171
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...