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Pope Pius VI Descending the Throne to Take Leave of the Doge in the Hall of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, 1782
Francesco Guardic. 1783
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The third scene in the series depicts one of the final events of the pope’s stay. At the back of the magnificent audience hall of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, the doge (in gold and white) approaches the throne to receive his papal blessing, with a line of red-robed senators in his wake.
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- Title: Pope Pius VI Descending the Throne to Take Leave of the Doge in the Hall of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, 1782
- Creator: Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712-1793)
- Date Created: c. 1783
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 69.2 x 86.4 x 10.2 cm (27 1/4 x 34 x 4 in.); Unframed: 51.4 x 68.8 cm (20 1/4 x 27 1/16 in.)
- Provenance: Jakob Goldschmidt, 1882-1955 (Berlin, Germany and New York, New York), by 1929, sold through, Jacques Seligman & Co. (New York, New York), to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1949., [Galerie Matthiessen, Berlin, 1944]
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.187.1
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Italy, 18th century
- Credit Line: Gift of the Hanna Fund
- Collection: P - Italian 18th Century
- Accession Number: 1949.187.1
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