Portrait of an Ecclesiastic
French School
European Art
On View:
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
18th century
DIMENSIONS
50 1/2 × 28 1/2 in. (128.3 × 72.4 cm)
frame: 52 × 40 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (132.1 × 102.2 × 3.8 cm)
INSCRIPTIONS
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.
ACCESSION NUMBER
82.80
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the New York City Police Department
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
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