Benedetto Sarti Rodoloni, Pope Clement XIV, preparatory terracotta model.

Benedetto Sarti Rodoloni from Bologna Workshop of the stonemasons of Sant'Ippolito di Fossombrone (Second Half of the 18th Century) Pope Clement XIV Ganganelli (Santarcangelo di Romagna, October 31, 1705 – Rome, September 22, 1774) 249th Bishop of Rome and Pope of the Catholic Church (1769-1774) Gilded and painted terracotta, height 50 cm Preparatory terracotta model for the statue of the Pope subsequently made by Sebastiano Pantanelli in 1774 and located in the Town Hall Square of Sant'Angelo in Vado. Provenance Sackler Collection, New York (1913 – 1987) Heim Gallery, London Studio: prof. Massimo Moretti Exhibitions: Washington, New York, Cambridge 1979-1982, no. 49 (illus.) Bibliography: Finger prints of the artist, European Terra-Cotta Sculpture from the Artur M. Sackler Collections, Empire Typographers, 1981 The Arthur M.Sackler Foundation Published as Pantanelli