Full Record |
| Title |
A Papal Ceremony |
| Collection |
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery |
| Artist |
Subleyras, Pierre (French painter, draftsman, and printmaker, 1699-1749) |
| Date Earliest |
about 1730 |
| Date Latest |
about 1749 |
| Description |
This oil sketch depicts an unknown Papal ceremony taking place out of doors in an imposing colonnade. A few suggestions have been made as to the subject matter. However, Subleyras also painted a Confirmation (Musee Atger, Montpellier) which portrays unidentified participants. |
| Current Accession Number |
1961P29 |
| Former Accession Number |
P.29'61 |
| Subject |
religion (Papal ceremony) |
| Measurements |
45.8 x 36.8 cm cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on canvas |
| Acquisition Details |
Given by Friends of Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery 1961. |
| Provenance |
Robert Lebel [?]; Julius Weitzer, 1961. |
| Principal Exhibitions |
Primitives to Picasso, Royal Academy, London, cat. no. 139. |
| Publications |
Foreign Paintings in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, A Summary Catalogue, 1983, no. 141. |
| Rights Owner |
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery |
| Author |
Dr Patricia Smyth |
