COLLIN DU BOCAGE
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17th-century ITALIAN School
See original version (French)
90
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17th-century ITALIAN School
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,000
Voluntary lot
Description
17th-century ITALIAN School
Saint Pius V Ghislieri
Oil on canvas
Height: 131 Width: 90.5 cm
Antonio Ghislieri was elected Pope (at the instigation of Charles Borromeo) in 1566. He fought to defend Christendom against the Turks and against the Lutheran and Calvinist Reformation. He was beatified in 1672 and canonised in 1712.
Our painting follows the tradition of papal portraiture, depicting the Supreme Pontiff seated in a red and gold velvet armchair bearing his coat of arms, pausing from reading his breviary to turn his benevolent gaze towards the viewer. The best-known portrait of Pius V is the work of Scipione Pulzone (Gaeta 1550–Rome 1598), of which there is one version in the Colonna Gallery in Rome and another in the Archbishop’s Palace in Olomouc (Czech Republic). Giulio Clovio (Grizane, Croatia 1498–Rome 1578) and Bartolomeo Passarotti (1529–Bologna–1592) also depicted this Pope. Our painting most closely resembles Passarotti’s version, apart from the difference in the left hand: whilst in our painting it rests on the armrest, in Passarotti’s painting—held at the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore—it is raised in a gesture of blessing.
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