Allegory in Honor of Pope Benedict XIV, by Pompeo Batoni, ca. 1745
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Allegory in Honor of Pope Benedict XIV

Pompeo Batoni (Italian, Lucca 1708–1787 Rome)

ca. 1745

Medium
Red chalk, highlighted with white, on beige paper
Classification
Drawings
Dimensions
14 3/16 x 9 13/16in. (36 x 24.9cm)
Culture
Italian
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Rogers Fund, 1973
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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