Description
The third scene in the series depicts one of the final events of the pope’s stay. At the back of the magnificent audience hall of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, the doge (in gold and white) approaches the throne to receive his papal blessing, with a line of red-robed senators in his wake.
Provenance
Jakob Goldschmidt, 1882-1955 (Berlin, Germany and New York, New York), by 1929, sold through; Jacques Seligman & Co. (New York, New York), to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1949.; [Galerie Matthiessen, Berlin, 1944]
Pope Pius VI Descending the Throne to Take Leave of the Doge in the Hall of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, 1782
Francesco Guardic. 1783
Accession Number
1949.187.1
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Framed: 69.2 x 86.4 x 10.2 cm (27 1/4 x 34 x 4 in.); Unframed: 51.4 x 68.8 cm (20 1/4 x 27 1/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Gift of the Hanna Fund
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Pope Pius VI Descending the Throne to Take Leave of the Doge in the Hall of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, 1782 and Pontifical Ceremony in SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, 1782 (pair)
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