Sujet

Bust of Pope Alexander VIII, c1690, (1881). Creator: Thomas Riley.

Légende

Bust of Pope Alexander VIII, c1690, (1881). Etching of a bronze portrait bust of Alexander VIII, made in Italy by Domenico Guidi. Alexander (born Pietro Ottoboni), was Pope from 1689-1691. Here he is wearing the mozetto (or capuccio) round his shoulders, and a stola embroidered with figures of St Peter and St Paul, double eagles, and the papal keys and tiara. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]

Date

1881

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19F37_046

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

64,3Mo (2,0Mo) / 34,7cm x 46,4cm / 4101 x 5482 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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