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Allegory in Honor of Pope Benedict XIV
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Allegory in Honor of Pope Benedict XIV

Medium

Red chalk, highlighted with white, on beige paper

Dimensions

14 3/16 x 9 13/16in. (36 x 24.9cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1973

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Pompeo Batoni

1708–1787

He was the son of a goldsmith of Lucca; became one of the most successful painters of 18th-century Rome. Comment on works: History; Portraits