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| Keywords: Workshop of Anton Raphael Mengs - Portrait of Pope Clement XIII - Walters 371700.jpg Clement XIII was of the Venetian Rezzonico family and reigned as pope from 1758 to 1769 Mengs did several versions of Clement's portrait and this one was probably carried out for Apostolic Vicar Domenico Rossi whose name appears on the letter held by the pope For centuries the blessing gesture directed to the viewer had been common in images of Christ's representative on earth Mengs rejected the fluid brushstrokes and dynamic pictorial expressions of Baroque and Rococo art Clarity of forms and outlines typical of Neoclassicism defines his manner Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 424 534-535 1759 Baroque Oil on canvas Pained surface cm 137 7 98 2 accession number 37 1700 31435 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown 1897 catalogue no 779 as Pope Clement VIII by Subleyras Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Transcription On letter PER DOMENICO ROSSI place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Portrait paintings by Anton Raphael Mengs Italian nobility Male portraits by Anton Raphael Mengs Clerics with ermine garment Camauro Mozzettas in art Paintings by Anton Raphael Mengs with fur Fur fashion in 1759 | ||||
