The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 23, 2023

Pedestal

mid 1700s

Italy, Rome, mid-18th Century

Carved, gilded and painted wood

Overall: 116.9 x 108 cm (46 x 42 1/2 in.)

The Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection 1967.143

Location

not on view

Description

The coat of arms on this pedestal is that of Cardinal York, the last of the Stuart pretenders to the British
throne. He lived out his years in Rome, where he had been made a cardinal of the Church.

Provenance
(Saint Thomas Aquinas Church, Cleveland).
Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1967. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).

Collecting Drawings in England. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 3, 1987-January 17, 1988).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1967.143