Pope Benedict XIV in Council
Maker
Antonio Alessandro Scarselli (artist)
1684-1773
1684-1773
Title
Pope Benedict XIV in Council
Date of Production
1741?
Medium
black chalk, watercolour, red bodycolour, gold and silver paint on parchment
Dimensions
Height: 32.6 cm
Width: 52.4 cm
Width: 52.4 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4544
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: n/a.
Inscription: Recto, all within the drawing, all except first inscription in brown ink, artist’s hand: in coat-of-arms at upper centre, gold paint, written twice: “LIBERTAS”; in cartouches, clockwise from upper left: “STIERA”, “PROCOLA”, “PIERA”, “RAVEGNANA”; in small banderoles above shields, clockwise from upper left, many abraded and illegible: “[...]nio [...] Sen[...]or [...]”, “Sig. Tommas La[...] Ampo [...] Anto[...]”, “Sig. Ubaldo Zanetti”, “Sig. Marob. Albergo Senor”, “Sig. Maren. Gio. [...]”, “Sig. Raimpado Specio[...]”, “Sig. Giulio Zacconi”, “Sig. Carlo Rustoni”, “Sig. Alberto Budriola Panolini Sig. Co: Prospero Bianchini”, “Sig. Bartomeo Corsini”; in cartouche at lower centre: “BENEDICTO XIV. CONCIVI OPTIMO / C Lateranensis Basilicae possessionem solemniter aggredienit / die trigesima Aprilis Anni 1[...]1. / TRIBUNI Plesi PRIMI QUADRIMESTRIS JUJDEM ANNI. / voventes praesio aquarum recepu pinguem / Annoriam implorant //”; lower right, signed by the artist: “Ant.o Aless.o Scarselli fe”; outside pictorial area, graphite: “UJ”. Verso: upper left, graphite: “UJ”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto, all within the drawing, all except first inscription in brown ink, artist’s hand: in coat-of-arms at upper centre, gold paint, written twice: “LIBERTAS”; in cartouches, clockwise from upper left: “STIERA”, “PROCOLA”, “PIERA”, “RAVEGNANA”; in small banderoles above shields, clockwise from upper left, many abraded and illegible: “[...]nio [...] Sen[...]or [...]”, “Sig. Tommas La[...] Ampo [...] Anto[...]”, “Sig. Ubaldo Zanetti”, “Sig. Marob. Albergo Senor”, “Sig. Maren. Gio. [...]”, “Sig. Raimpado Specio[...]”, “Sig. Giulio Zacconi”, “Sig. Carlo Rustoni”, “Sig. Alberto Budriola Panolini Sig. Co: Prospero Bianchini”, “Sig. Bartomeo Corsini”; in cartouche at lower centre: “BENEDICTO XIV. CONCIVI OPTIMO / C Lateranensis Basilicae possessionem solemniter aggredienit / die trigesima Aprilis Anni 1[...]1. / TRIBUNI Plesi PRIMI QUADRIMESTRIS JUJDEM ANNI. / voventes praesio aquarum recepu pinguem / Annoriam implorant //”; lower right, signed by the artist: “Ant.o Aless.o Scarselli fe”; outside pictorial area, graphite: “UJ”. Verso: upper left, graphite: “UJ”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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