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Pope Clement the Ninth

1780
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pope Clement the Ninth
  • Series/Portfolio: Houghton Gallery
  • Engraver: John Hall (British, Wivenhoe, Essex 1739–1797 London)
  • Artist: After Carlo Maratti (Italian, Camerano 1625–1713 Rome)
  • Publisher: John Boydell (British, Dorrington, Shropshire 1720–1804 London)
  • Sitter: Pope Clement IX
  • Date: 1780
  • Medium: Engraving and etching
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 20 1/2 × 14 3/8 in. (52 × 36.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: GIft of J. Kelly Johnson, in memory of his wife, Denise L. Johnson, 1978
  • Object Number: 1978.591
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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