Agostino Carlini

Inscriptionback to top

Signed and dated, centre right: Maucourt/fecit 1762.

Physical descriptionback to top

Grey eyes, powdered wig, wearing a loose blue gown with black collar and a white shirt; holding a chisel and mallett, inscribed A. Carlini, in his right hand which rests on a carved bearded head.

Provenanceback to top

Sotheby’s, 28 April 1981, lot 38, bought Leggatt for the NPG.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Ingamells, National Portrait Gallery: Mid-Georgian Portraits 1760-1790, National Portrait Gallery, 2004, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.

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