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Etienne-René, Cardinal Potier de Gesvres

Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, Italian, (January 25, 1708–February 4, 1787)

Creation date: 1758
Creation place: Italy

Other Information

Type: Oil Painting
Medium and Support: Oil on canvas
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Accession Number: 1983.7
State/Province: Rome
Dimensions: 38 7/8 in. x 29 in. (98.74 cm x 73.66 cm)

Provenance

Dubois Chefdebien, Paris, France (by 1940 - December 18, 1940)

Hôtel Drouot, Paris, France (December 18, 1940 - December 18, 1940)

Erhard Goepel, Paris, France (1941 - 1941)

Adolf Hitler, Linz, Upper Austria, Austria (1941 - )

Private Collection, Switzerland (by 1980 - 1980-1983)

P & D Colnaghi & Co Ltd, London, England (1980 - 1983)

Christie's, NYC, New York, New York (June 18, 1982 - June 18, 1982)

Colnaghi, New York, New York (June 18, 1982 - 1983)

San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California (1983 - )

Label Copy

Pompeo Batoni, the most celebrated Roman artist of his day, is best known for his many portraits of British Grand Tourists, compositions in which the young travelers were casually posed in open-air settings, amid classical statuary or ancient buildings. A setting of this type would have been inappropriate for an ecclesiastical client, but this portrait retains the fine finish for which the artist was highly esteemed, as well as a spontaneous, if not casual, air: the cardinal is shown as if he has just glanced up from reading a letter.
Étienne-René was made a cardinal in 1756. Two years later, he was named the Cardinal Priest of the Roman basilica of S. Agnese fuori le Mura. Batoni’s portrait was made when the cardinal traveled to Rome to accept that appointment.

Last Updated: 11/22/2023

Exhibition

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

Pompeo Batoni (1708–1787) North Carolina Museum of Art , 11/17/1982 - 12/18/1982

Art of Portraits The San Diego Museum of Art , 1/27/2016 - 00/00/00

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Julie Dunn, ed. San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art. San Diego, California, 1993
Page Number: 142, Figure Number: 142

Anthony M. Clark. Pompeo Batoni: New York University Press. New York, New York, 1987
Page Number: 273-274, no. 213

Anthony M. Clark. Pompeo Batoni: New York University Press. New York, New York, 1987
Page Number: 198, Figure Number: 198

Edgar Peters Bowron. Pompeo Batoni (1708–1787): Colnaghi. New York, New York, 1982
Page Number: 38, 39, Figure Number: 15

Important Paintings by Old Masters Christie's. New York, New York, June 18, 1982
Page Number: 119, Figure Number: 144

Marks

Inscription, In letter held by sitter:

Inscription, Above signature:

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