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Keywords: Domenico Antonio Vaccaro - Allegory of the Papacy of Clement XI - Walters 371897.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Domenico Antonio Vaccaro In this allegory various symbolic motifs are brought together to express Clement XI's papacy r 1700-1721 as an abstract concept The standing woman at center wearing the papal tiara is holding her cape in a protective manner over a little temple supported by angels She may by an allegory of Religion protecting the Roman Church To the base on which she stands like a column are chained different agonized figures symbolizing vices an allusion to Protestants and Muslims Above Fame blows her horn while pointing to a portrait of the pontiff The allegory as a whole is a portrait or a mirror of the pope and his virtues Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 432 544-545 ca 1720 Baroque oil on copper Painted surface cm 70 4 52 2 accession number 37 1897 32623 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown 1881 catalogue no 96 as Tiepolo 1897 catalogue no 355 as Sebastiano Ricci Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Naples Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Domenico Antonio Vaccaro Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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