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| 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 | |