Title
Centerpiece or sugar sculpture personifying the triumph of Catholicism in England, Raggvaglio della solenne comparsa
Caption
Centerpiece or sugar sculpture personifying the triumph of Catholicism in England, Raggvaglio della solenne comparsa, fatta in Roma gli otto di gennaio MDCLXXXVII. dall'illvstrissimo, et eccellentissimo signor conte di Castelmaine ambasciadore straordinario della Sagra Real Maestà di Giacomo Secondo rè d'Inghilterra, Scozia, Francia, et Ibernia, difensore della fede alla Santa Sede Apostolica, in andare pvblicamente all'vdienza della Santità di Nostro Signore Papa Innocenzo Vndecimo, Lenardi, Giovanni Battista, 1656-1704, Westerhout, Arnold van, 1651-1725, Wright, John Michael, ca. 1617-ca. 1694, Etching, 1687?, The table sculpture was designed for the banquet given by British Ambassador Roger Palmer on January 14, 1687, at the Palazzo Pamphilj on Piazza Navona in Rome. An legorical composition glorifying the return of England to the world of catholicism, it represents the Church seated on a sun, accompanied by Truth and discovered by Time. The Valour of the King, shown as a warrior, chases away Discord and Fraud. At bottom, the hydra of Rebellion is decapitated, while at top are the arms of England and of the Pope. 10--inscribed upper right, Gio. Batta. Lenardi delin.--inscribed lower left. Arnoldo Van Westerhout fiam.o Sc.--inscribed lower right. HON, I, SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE--in shield. DIEV: ET: MON DROIT--in banderole
Info+
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Date
1687
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT19B35_009
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
29,2Mb (2,1Mb) / 8,7in x 13,0in / 2614 x 3900 (300dpi)