Jean-François Montessuy
Pope Gregory XVI Visiting the Church of San Benedetto at Subiaco
1843125.1 x 140.7 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed, dated, and inscribed lower left: F. Montessuy. / Roma. 1843.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Whitney Collection, Gift of Wheelock Whitney III, and Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. McVeigh, by exchange, 2003
Provenance
Société des Amis des Arts, Lyons, 1845; bought from the artist when sold by lottery, for Fr 2,500, to Pavy
Mlle Lydie Pavy, Lyons and Combalat, 1845–died, bequeathed to Pierredon de Ferron
Henry de Pierredon de Ferron, France, until at least 1883
sale, Sotheby's, Monaco, 29-30 November 1986, nr. 371, as "Visite du Pape Grégoire XVI au convent des révérends pères Bénédictins de Subiaco près de Rome," to Whitney
Wheelock Whitney III, New York, 1986–2003; jointly with MMA, 2003–12
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