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Pope Benedict XIV in Council

Maker

Antonio Alessandro Scarselli (artist)
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

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).

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