Lot 505
PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF POPE INNOCENT XII Y
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Auction: Day Two: 20 May 2021 | From 11:00
Description
oil on ivory, the subject seated in a red velvet chair, dressed in white, red and cold papal regalia, his left hand resting on the triregnum, his right hand pointing to the note 'A.S.S./ PAPA SISTO V./ Gan***netti?', in a Florentine giltwood frame
Dimensions
20cm x 15.5cm
Footnote
Note: Innocent XII served as Pope from 1691-1700. The note in his lap to which he is pointing is a reference to Pope Sixtus V, who served 1585-1590.
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