Enthroned Pope Healing a Man
18th century
Artists
Description
The Pope, seated on a throne at the right, leans forward toward the possessed person, who is held on the steps of the papal throne by a half-nude figure; other figures stand in the left background in the shadow of an arcaded and columned baroque building; a group of prelates stands at the right, and in the foreground are Roman warriors and female figures.
Provenance
Chevalier de Damery, Paris (his mark, Lugt 2862); Charles A. Loeser, Florence, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932
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