Public data from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Learn more
Pope Pius VI Descending the Throne to Take Leave of the Doge in the Hall of Saints Giovanni e Paolo, 1782
About the Artwork
The third scene in the series depicts one of the final events of the pope’s stay. At the back of the magnificent audience hall of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, the doge (in gold and white) approaches the throne to receive his papal blessing, with a line of red-robed senators in his wake.
Provenance
Jakob Goldschmidt, 1882-1955 (Berlin, Germany and New York, New York), by 1929, sold through Jacques Seligman & Co. (New York, New York), to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1949. [Galerie Matthiessen, Berlin, 1944]
Exhibition history
Art: The International Language. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956). In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958). Francesco Guardi (1712 - 1793). Museo Correr (September 28, 2012-February 17, 2013). Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 25-May 20, 2018).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712–1793)
- Date
- c. 1783
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 69.2 x 86.4 x 10.2 cm (27 1/4 x 34 x 4 in.); Unframed: 51.4 x 68.8 cm (20 1/4 x 27 1/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Gift of the Hanna Fund
- Accession no.
- 1949.187.1
More by Francesco Guardi in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00009734
Powered by Art Trackers