Caricature of a Seated Man Reading

1612–66

Dating: Date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash
Dimensions: 9 11/16 x 7 3/8in. (24.6 x 18.7cm)
Collection no.: 61.2.2
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Pier Francesco Mola. Caricature of a Seated Man Reading. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Caricature of a Seated Man Reading — Pier Francesco Mola. 1612–66.

Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash. Dimensions: 9 11/16 x 7 3/8in. (24.6 x 18.7cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1960.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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