Portrait of Pope Leo X
Date
19th century
Sitter
Pope Leo X (1475 - 1521, Italian)
Creator
William French (1810 - 1898, British) , Printmaker
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Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 135mm
width (print): 135mm
Subject
Description
Half-length study of Pope Leo X, in papal vestments, half-turned to the right as viewed.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The engraving appears at p.11, as Weld’s text notes that ‘The pontificate of Leo X was chiefly distinguished by the encouragement given to the arts and literature…’.
Inscribed below: ‘Leo X. C. Jager del. W. French sc.’
Pope Leo X (1475-1521) (formerly Giovanni di Lorenzo de’ Medici), Italian ruler of the Papal States and patron of the arts. Pope during the Protestant Reformation.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The engraving appears at p.11, as Weld’s text notes that ‘The pontificate of Leo X was chiefly distinguished by the encouragement given to the arts and literature…’.
Inscribed below: ‘Leo X. C. Jager del. W. French sc.’
Pope Leo X (1475-1521) (formerly Giovanni di Lorenzo de’ Medici), Italian ruler of the Papal States and patron of the arts. Pope during the Protestant Reformation.
Object history
Print from Charles Richard Weld's A history of the Royal Society, vol. 1... (London, John W. Parker, 1848) grangerized by the writer and collector Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1847–1916) into 8 volumes, adding illustrative material and manuscript items to Weld's text. The books were initially owned by Ludwig Mond FRS (1839–1909), and according to an inscription by his son Robert Ludwig Mond FRS (1867–1938) they were intended for presentation to the Society. This eventually happened in late 1959, the donor being the politician Harry Nathan (1889–1963), Lord Nathan of Churt.
Related fellows
Charles Richard Weld (1813 - 1869, British) , Author
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