Portrait of an Ecclesiastic

French School

Caption

French School. Portrait of an Ecclesiastic, 18th century. Oil on canvas, 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). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the New York City Police Department , 82.80.

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Portrait of an Ecclesiastic

Date

18th century

Geography

Place made: France

Medium

Oil on canvas

Classification

Painting

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.

Credit Line

Gift of the New York City Police Department

Accession Number

82.80

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