Art Funded
Design for a Papal Tomb Monument
© National Galleries of Scotland
Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598 - 1680)
Scottish National Gallery
1654 - 1668
Possibly for a monument to Pope Innocent X Pamphili (Colnaghi's catalogue). There are no allegorical figures as in Bernini's other monuments and no tomb, instead the frail Pope leans with hand raised in benediction.
- Medium: pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk
- Dimensions: 47 x 33 cm
- Art Fund Grant: £10000 ( Total: £23,000)
- ArtFunded in: 1997
- Vendor: Colnaghi
Provenance
Sale: Sotheby's, London, 3/7/1996, lot. 137.
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