print
- Museum number
- 1843,0513.1154
- Title
- Object: Pius Septimus Pontifex Maximus
- Description
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Portrait of Pope Pius VII, half-length with his right hand raised in blessing, after Bezzuoli; working proof with head still in outline and the background only with initial engraving
Engraving
- Production date
- 1822-1833
- Dimensions
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Height: 377 millimetres
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Width: 300 millimetres (window)
- Curator's comments
- One of six states in the BM. According to the manuscript catalogue, work on this plate was suspended in this state 'per Consiglio del Governo', and it was only completed much later by Lapi.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1843
- Acquisition notes
- Part of the Tarnia collection of the engravings of Raphael Morghen
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1843,0513.1154