Pope Pius VI Descending the Throne to Take Leave of the Doge in the Hall of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, 1782 and Pontifical Ceremony in SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, 1782 (pair) by Francesco Guardi, c. 1783. oil on canvas. Cleveland Museum of Art.
Pope Pius VI Descending the Throne to Take Leave of the Doge in the Hall of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, 1782 and Pontifical Ceremony in SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, 1782 (pair) · Francesco Guardi · c. 1783 · Cleveland Museum of Art

Pope Pius VI Descending the Throne to Take Leave of the Doge in the Hall of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, 1782 and Pontifical Ceremony in SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, 1782 (pair)

Francesco Guardi

Year
c. 1783
Medium
oil on canvas
Collection
Cleveland Museum of Art
License
Public Domain

Francesco Guardi’s painting captures Pope Pius VI descending the throne in Venice, 1782. It was painted around c. 1783. The setting is the Hall of SS. Giovanni e Paolo.

The painting is an oil on canvas. It depicts a formal scene with detailed architecture and figures. It is part of a pair, showing a pontifical ceremony in SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, 1782.

Francesco Guardi focused on vedute, or city views, after 1760. His style evolved to looser brushwork with imaginative architecture.

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.187

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