Portrait of Pope Pius VII and Cardinal Caprara

circa 1805(1805)

oil on panel

138.1 × 96 cm (54.4 × 37.8 in)

Gallery 299, 2nd floor

1971-265-1

after 1805(1805): purchased by Firmin Didot, from Jacques-Louis David
before 1834(1834): Jacques Lafitte
15 December 1834(1834-12-15): purchased by Comte de Pourtalès Gorgier, at the sale of the collection of Jacques Lafitte at Me. Lacoste and Charles Paillet, Paris
between 27 March 1865(1865-03-27) and 4 April 1865(1865-04-04): purchased by Earl of Dudley, at the sale of the collection of Comte de Pourtalès Gorgier at Laneuville fils, lotno. 241
25 June 1892(1892-06-25): purchased by Marquise de Ganay [nee Ridgeway], at the sale of the collection of Earl of Dudley at Christie's, London, lotno. 37
between 8 May 1922(1922-05-08) and 10 May 1922(1922-05-10): purchased by Lasquin at the sale of the collection of Marquise de Ganay [nee Ridgeway] at Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, lotno. 39
by 1932(1932): Marquis de Ganay
between 1932(1932) and 1936(1936): Martin Birnbaum
December 1936(1936-12): purchased by Henry P. McIlhenny, from Martin Birnbaum
1971(1971): ceded to Philadelphia Museum of Art by Henry P. McIlhenny

Gift of Henry P. McIlhenny, 1971(1971)

• name and age of sitter top left: Pie VII // a l'age de 63 ans
  
• name and age of sitter top right: Le C.nal. Caprara // son légat en France
  

The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

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