Pier’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Father Pepe Preaching to Sailors
Pier Leone Ghezzi Italian, 1674-1755

Standing Nude Woman Holding a Veil
Attributed to Pier Leone Ghezzi Italian, 1674-1755

The Duke of Capodichino
Attributed to Pier Leone Ghezzi Italian, 1674-1755

The Duchess of Noia
Attributed to Pier Leone Ghezzi Italian, 1674-1755

Kneeling Man Approaching Another Figure
Attributed to or after Pier Leone Ghezzi Italian, 1674-1755

Man Sawing Wood
Pier Leone Ghezzi Italian, 1674-1755

Two Gentlemen in 18th Century Costume
Pier Leone Ghezzi (Italian, 1674-1755) or Unknown Artist (Italian, 17th-18th century)

Adoration of the Shepherds
After Pier Leone Ghezzi (Italian, 1674-1755) or Giovan Francesco Gessi (Italian, 1588-1649)

The Nativity
Pier Leone Ghezzi Italian, 1674-1755

Two Gentlemen Conversing
Style of or after Pier Leone Ghezzi Italian, 1674-1755

Portrait of Sebastiano Resta
Arthur Pond (British, c. 1705-1758) after Pier Leone Ghezzi (Italian, 1674-1755)

Man Seated in Front of Trees
Carlo Marchionni (Italian, 1702-1786) or Pier Leone Ghezzi (Italian, 1674-1755)

The Nymph of Capri
Attributed to Pier Leone Ghezzi Italian, 1674-1755

Caricatures of Two Men and a Woman
Marco Ricci (Italian, 1676-1729) or Bernardo Bellotto (Italian, 1721-1780) or Pier Leone Ghezzi (Italian, 1674-1755)

Caricature of Man Writing
Carlo Marchionni (Italian, 1702-1786) or Pier Leone Ghezzi (Italian, 1674-1755)

Italianate Landscape
Style of John Skippe (English, 1742-1811) or Thomas Gainsborough (English, 1727-1788) or Pier Leone Ghezzi, (Italian, 1674-1755) or style of Baron Coplestone Warre Bampfylde (English, 1720-1791)

Interrogation II
Leon Golub American, 1922–2004

Homer Dictating
Pier Francesco Mola (Italian, 1612–1666)

Madame Léon Clapisson
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919)

Untitled
Pier Paolo Calzolari Italian, born 1943