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Antonio Gherardi (1644-1702)

Design for a monument to Pius II

RCIN 906794

Design for a monument to Pius II

Antonio Gherardi (1644-1702)

Design for a monument to Pius II

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Royal Collection Trust/© His Majesty King Charles III 2022

Description

A drawing of a design for a monument to Pope Pius II; an effigy of the pope seated above cardinals below a canopy supported by angels. A papal banner is draped over a balustrade below which is an inscribed cartouche.
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Creator(s)

Search the collection Antonio Gherardi (1644-1702)
(artist)

Subject(s)

Search the collection Pope Pius II (1405-64)
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Object type(s)
visual works
drawings/watercolours
References

Other number(s)

RL 06794

B(M) : Blunt, A.F., 1971, 'Miscellaneous' in Schilling, E. The German Drawings in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen at Windsor Castle, London and New York – B(M) 195

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