# Allegory in Honor of Pope Benedict XIV

- By: Pompeo Batoni (Italian, Lucca 1708–1787 Rome)
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1973
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/338168)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/dp/web-large/DP807835.jpg
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