MAKE A MEME View Large Image Giovanni Battista Gaulli - Portrait of Pope Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi) - Walters 37598.jpg The stately figure of the pope sits before a lavish drapery suggesting an aristocratic setting He raises his right hand with its papal ring in a ...
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Keywords: Giovanni Battista Gaulli - Portrait of Pope Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi) - Walters 37598.jpg The stately figure of the pope sits before a lavish drapery suggesting an aristocratic setting He raises his right hand with its papal ring in a gesture of benediction By seeing the pope blessing his audience viewers are reminded that he is Christ's representative on earth Fabio Chigi who became Pope Alexander VII ruled from 1655 until his death in 1667 Papal portraits were produced in many versions and were widely distributed They were given as diplomatic gifts or acquired as expressions of political allegiance This painting was probably executed by an assistant after an original by Baciccio Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 326 452-453 ca 1667 Baroque Oil on canvas Visible painted surface cm 90 1 76 7 accession number 37 598 30041 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown 1881 catalogue no 218 1897 catalogue no 350 as Baciccio Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Portrait paintings by Baciccio Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update
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