Virtue Crowned by Honor, 1670–76, Red chalk, 13-1/2 x 10-9/16 in. (34.3 x 26.8 cm), Drawings, Carlo Maratti (Italian, Camerano 1625–1713 Rome), During the pontificate of Clement X Altieri (1670–1676), his family palace on the Piazza del Gesù in Rome was enlarged and redecorated. Carlo Maratti was commissioned to paint the main room between 1674 and 1677, but only the fresco that fills the long, narrow central section of the vault was executed
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Virtue Crowned, Honor, 1670–76, Red chalk, 13-1/2 x 10-9/16, 34.3 26.8 cm, Drawings, Carlo Maratti, Italian, Camerano, 1625–1713, Rome, pontificate, Clement X Altieri, 1670–1676, family palace, Piazza del, Gesù, enlarged, redecorated, commissioned, paint, main room, 1674, 1677, fresco, fills, long, narrow central, section, vault, executed
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