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| Keywords: Bartolomeo Passarotti - Portrait of Pope Pius V - Walters 37453.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Q18748402 Creator Bartolomeo Passerotti The aging enthroned pope turns toward the viewer while making the sign of blessing with his right hand Pius V 1566-1572 belonged to the Ghislieri family and on the top of the back of the throne is his family's coat of arms crowned by the papal tiara and the keys of St Peter a symbol of the papacy's descent from Christ's apostle The identifying inscription below is a later addition Passerotti worked in the mannerist style which is characterized by strikingly elongated proportions The pope's bony appearance reveals both his age and the artist's knowledge of human anatomy Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 258 382-383 ca 1566 Renaissance Oil on canvas Painted surface cm 129 94 5 ; Framed cm 165 42 130 81 11 43 accession number 37 453 23806 Hercolani Collection Bologna prior to 1780 mode of acquisition unknown Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome prior to 1881 mode of acquisition unknown 1881 catalogue no 193 1897 catalogue no 206 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Transcription Inscribed on the bottom PIUS V GHISLERIUS PONTIFEX MAXIMUS CREATUS IDIBUS FEBRUARIIS MDLXVI OBIIT KALENDIIS MAIIS MDLXXII VIXIT ANNOS LXVII MENSES III DIES XIV ; Translation The Supreme Pontiff Pius V Ghislieri created on February 13 1566 died on May 1 1572 lived 67 years three months fourteen days From Raphael to the Carracci the Art of Papal Rome National Gallery of Canada Ottawa 2009 place of origin Bologna Italy <gallery>El Greco 050 jpg</gallery> Walters Art Museum license 2D Renaissance portrait paintings in the Walters Art Museum Italian Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Bartolomeo Passerotti Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Pius V 1566 oil on canvas paintings in the United States Portrait 1566 portrait paintings Male 17th-century oil portraits of sitting men at three-quarter length in ecclesiastical costumes 1566 17th-century portrait paintings in the Walters Art Museum 1566 Portrait paintings of men holding books 1566 Portrait paintings of men sitting in armchairs 1566 | ||||
