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Pope Sixtus V Kneeling in Prayer
attributed to Ventura Salimbeni, 1589
This penetrating portrait of Pope Sixtus V is the result of a collaboration between three young artists in Rome. The sculptor Prospero Bresciano, mentioned in the print as the designer, probably made the model in clay. Giuseppe Cesari recorded this in a drawing that is now kept in the Teylers Museum in Haarlem. It is after that drawing that Salimbeni made the etching, probably his first.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-2017-858-3
- Dimensionsheight 438 mm x width 314 mm
- Physical characteristicsets