Portrait of an Ecclesiastic
18th century
French
European Art
- Maker/Artist
- French
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Locations
- Place made: France
- Dimensions
- 50 1/2 x 28 1/2 in. (128.3 x 72.4 cm)
- Inscribed
- Inscribed left side of folded leaf: "Le R.P. Pierre Marie Cam[illeg.]/[illeg.] chanfse [?] appelle [illeg.]/René de Badelievre-[illeg.]/Apres avoir et [ ?] nommé visiteur des/Missions en a [illeg.]gleterre et en irlande, eta-/assistant general de son ordre, chargé par/le pape Benoît 13 d'une commission honorable/dans la lombardie et le boulonois, et destiné par/Sa Sainteté a un Evasché, qu'il refusa mourat [ ?]/a Digne [ ?] age de 62 ans et inhumé en --/l'église de Sonco [illeg.] ent de rouen fondé par/ Ses ancetres. Inscribed on another leaf of paper above and to right first one is an upside-down illegible inscription.
- Departments
- European Art
- Accession Number
- 82.80
- Credit Line
- Gift of the New York City Police Department
- Rights Statement
- No known copyright restrictions
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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