Unknown Painter from the Roman School
Pope Gregory the Great

CultureItalian
Titles
  • Pope Gregory the Great
Datec. 1620?
PlaceItaly
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 49 1/2 × 38 1/4 in. (125.7 × 97.2 cm)
Frame (outer): 59 3/8 × 49 1/8 × 3 1/2 in. (150.8 × 124.8 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1984.21
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
203 Crane Gallery
On view

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ProvenanceMrs. Helen Corvie Riversleigh, Dowanhill, Glasgow; [David Koetser, Zurich]; Andrea Busiri-Vici (architect, d. 1989), Rome; [Didier Aaron & Cie, Paris]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1984.
Exhibition History"The Old Masters: Selections from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas, May 22–July 6, 2003.

"Masterpieces from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Greater Denton Arts Council, Texas, September 16–October 26, 2006.

"Masterworks from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Michelson Museum of Art, Marshall, Texas, November 11, 2006–March 9, 2007.

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