Centerpiece or sugar sculpture personifying the triumph of Catholicism in England, Raggvaglio della solenne comparsa reimagined
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 lower left. Arnoldo Van Westerhout lower right. HON, I, SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE--in shield. DIEV: ET: MON DROIT--in banderole. Reimagined by Gibon. Classic art with a modern twist
Size: 2614px × 3900px
Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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