Leone Ghezzi Christ breaking bread. Oil on canvas. order Ready to Hang

Pier Leone Ghezzi was an Italian Rococo painter and caricaturist active in Rome. He was the godson of Carlo Maratta. Pier Leone is known for his frescoes in the Villa Falconieri of Frascati.

As a painter, his style changes quite much through the years, sometimes under the influence of French portraiture.

His pen and gouache caricatures are much freer in emotion than his state portraiture, and were much admired. They often depict named individuals or professions in satirical order fashion.[2] Ghezzi made an extensive and eclectic use of drawings and watercolors.