DrawingsFrench18th century

Enthroned Pope Healing a Man

18th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Description

The Pope, seated on a throne at the right, leans forward toward the possessed person, who is held on the steps of the papal throne by a half-nude figure; other figures stand in the left background in the shadow of an arcaded and columned baroque building; a group of prelates stands at the right, and in the foreground are Roman warriors and female figures.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and brown ink, and gray and brown wash over black chalk, laid down on a decorated mount, framing lines in brown ink

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Provenance

Chevalier de Damery, Paris (his mark, Lugt 2862); Charles A. Loeser, Florence, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

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