Design for a monument to Pope Clement XI
Pietro Bracci
- Art Funded
- 2003
- Dimensions
- 42.5 x 25.6 cm
- Vendor
- Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox
Design for an unexecuted tomb of Pope Clement XI Albani (1700-1721), from a time in Bracci's career when his connections with the family were increasing.
Includes elements which were reused in later designs e.g. the radical idea of a dynamic, standing figure of the pope; and the papal sarcophagus flanked by allegories of Strength and Religion. A scaled ground plan is included, and evidence of revisions and corrections reveal the working methods of the artist.
Provenance
Unknown European Collection; Christie's, New York, 2003; Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox, London. The work has been vetted by the Art Loss Register.