Lot Essay
Sujet original et peu choisi par ses contemporains, l’artiste décide de représenter ici la procession du cardinal Grand Pénitencier, homme d’Eglise de premier ordre, sur la Piazza di Monte Cavallo, avec à l'arrière-plan le palais du Quirinal pendant le grand carême de l’année 1758.
An original subject, rarely depicted by his contemporaries, Monnet here represents the procession of Cardinal Antonio Andrea Galli at the Piazza di Ponte Cavallo, with the Quirinal Palace in the background during Lent of 1758.
An original subject, rarely depicted by his contemporaries, Monnet here represents the procession of Cardinal Antonio Andrea Galli at the Piazza di Ponte Cavallo, with the Quirinal Palace in the background during Lent of 1758.