Bidspirit auction | POMPEO BATONI (Lucca, 1708 -

POMPEO BATONI (Lucca, 1708 - Rome, 1708) AND JAKOB FREY (Lucerna, 1681 - Rome, 1752) Glory of Pope Bendetto XIV (Gloriam sapientes possidebunt - Proverbs 3,35) Engraving, cm. 36.2x24.1 Lower left: ”POMP. BATONI INV. ET DEL.”. Lower right: ”I. FREY INC. ROMAE 1745”. The preparatory drawing in sanguine by Pompeo Batoni is today at the Metropolitan Museum in New York (1973.156). PROVENANCE: Private collection, Rome.