Allegory in Honor of Pope Benedict XIV

Allegory in Honor of Pope Benedict XIV

Allegory in Honor of Pope Benedict XIV

Artist:Pompeo Batoni (Italian, Lucca 1708–1787 Rome)
Date:ca. 1745
Medium:Red chalk, highlighted with white, on beige paper
Dimensions:14 3/16 x 9 13/16in. (36 x 24.9cm)
Classification:Drawings
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1973

Provenance

Bartolomeo Cavaceppi (Italian); Jean-Baptiste-Florentin-Gabriel de Meryan, marquis de Lagoy (French); Sotheby's, London (British)- Sale, June 19, 1973, no. 229, pl. 3

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