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A satire on the election of a pope: Groups of Spanish and French cardinals on either side of a river fishing for the papal tiara, with an angel bringing the tiara to a kneeling figure in the distance
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Attributed to Pier Leone Ghezzi (Comunanza 1674-1755 Rome)
A satire on the election of a pope: Groups of Spanish and French cardinals on either side of a river fishing for the papal tiara, with an angel bringing the tiara to a kneeling figure in the distance
inscribed 'QUIR'
pen and brown ink, grey wash
8¼ x 12¼ in. (211 x 312 mm.)
A satire on the election of a pope: Groups of Spanish and French cardinals on either side of a river fishing for the papal tiara, with an angel bringing the tiara to a kneeling figure in the distance
inscribed 'QUIR'
pen and brown ink, grey wash
8¼ x 12¼ in. (211 x 312 mm.)
Provenance
M. de Bourguignon.
Charles-Joseph-Barthélémi Giraud.
Flury-Hérard (L.1015).
Charles-Joseph-Barthélémi Giraud.
Flury-Hérard (L.1015).
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