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Pope Clement XIV (Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, 1705–1774)

Christopher Hewetson (1737–1798)

National Trust, Beningbrough Hall

Pope Clement XIV (Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, 1705–1774)
Pope Clement XIV (Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, 1705–1774)
Pope Clement XIV (Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, 1705–1774)
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A bust of Pope Clement XIV (Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, 1705–1774) by Christopher Hewetson (born in Thomastown, 1737, died in Rome, 1798). Hewetson, born in Ireland, lived in Rome from about 1764 until his death and was friendly with the Neo-Classicists. This is the earliest of four known versions, all now in Britain (the one in the V&A is signed and dated 1773 from Margam Castle, Glamorgan). It was probably acquired by Giles and Margaret Earle – niece of John Bourchier who built Beningbrough Hall – in Italy in 1770–1, possibly on the advice of Gavin Hamilton, principal dealer (along with Thomas Jenkins). They bought it after the pregnant Mrs Earle received special papal permission to spend time in a convent, on which subject her husband wrote that the Pope 'has shown us many marks of the most condescending distinction'.

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Title

Pope Clement XIV (Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, 1705–1774)

Date

1771

Medium

marble

Measurements

H 80.6 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

1191237

Work type

Bust

Inscription description

inscribed: Clemens XIV Ponti MDCCLXXI, Rome 1771

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Beningbrough, York, North Yorkshire YO30 1DD England

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Christopher Hewetson

1737–1798

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