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Pope Pius VI Descending the Throne to Take Leave of the Doge in the Hall of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, 1782

c. 1783

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Francesco Guardi

(Italian, 1712-1793)

Italy, 18th century

Oil on canvas

Framed: 69.2 x 86.4 x 10.2 cm (27 1/4 x 34 x 4 in.); Unframed: 51.4 x 68.8 cm (20 1/4 x 27 1/16 in.)

Gift of the Hanna Fund 1949.187.1

Location

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Description

The third scene in the series depicts one of the final events of the pope’s stay. At the back of the magnificent audience hall of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, the doge (in gold and white) approaches the throne to receive his papal blessing, with a line of red-robed senators in his wake.

Provenance

[Galerie Matthiessen, Berlin, 1944]

Jacques Seligman & Co. (New York, New York), to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1949.

Jakob Goldschmidt, 1882-1955 (Berlin, Germany and New York, New York), by 1929, sold through

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 148 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 148 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 146 archive.org

Exhibition history

Springfield (massachusetts), Museum of Fine Arts, 1937: "Francesco Guardi, 1712-1793," cat. nos. 5 and 6, repr.

San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1938: "Venetian Paintings from the Fifteenth through the Eighteenth Century," cat. nos. 35 and 36, repr.

New York, World's Fair 1939: "Masterpieces of Art," cat. nos. 171 and 172.

Detroit Institute of Arts, September 30-Nov. 2, 1952: "Venice 1700-1800: An Exhibition of Vence and the Eighteenth Century," cat. no. 29, illus. p. 32. John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, Nov. 15-Dec. 31, 1952;

Sarasota, Florida, John and Mable Ringling Musem of Art, February 6-March 4, 1955: "Director's Choice," cat. no. 16, illus.

Museo Correr, Venice, Italy (9/28/2012 - 1/17/2013): "Francesco Guardi (1712 - 1793)", ex. cat. no. 82, p. 199 and p. 220.

The Cleveland Museum of Art (02/25/2018-05/20/2018): "Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe"

Art: The International Language. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).

In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art (March 4-April 7, 1958).

Francesco Guardi (1712 - 1793). Museo Correr, Venice, Italy (September 28, 2012-February 17, 2013).

Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 25-May 20, 2018).

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Francesco Guardi

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