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Henry Bone R.A. (1755-1834) Alessandro Farnese (1468-1549), Pope Paul III (1534-1549), seated three-quarter-length, in papal robes image 1
Henry Bone R.A. (1755-1834) Alessandro Farnese (1468-1549), Pope Paul III (1534-1549), seated three-quarter-length, in papal robes image 2
Henry Bone R.A. (1755-1834) Alessandro Farnese (1468-1549), Pope Paul III (1534-1549), seated three-quarter-length, in papal robes image 3
The Twinight Collection
Lot 27*

Henry Bone R.A.
(1755-1834)
Alessandro Farnese (1468-1549), Pope Paul III (1534-1549), seated three-quarter-length, in papal robes

4 July 2024, 12:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Henry Bone R.A. (1755-1834)

Alessandro Farnese (1468-1549), Pope Paul III (1534-1549), seated three-quarter-length, in papal robes.
Enamel on copper, signed on the obverse, 'HBone', inscribed in full on the counter-enamel and dated, Pope Paul the third / London / May 1810 / Pajnted by Henry Bone ARA. Enamel Painter/ in Ordinary to Hjs Majesty and Enamel Painter
I to His R.H. the Prince ofWales after Titian
, gilt-metal mount engraved Enamel HBone, gilded composition frame with rocaille, scroll and acanthus leaf mouldings.
Rectangular, 198mm (7 13/16in) high

Provenance: Christie's London, 10 June 2008, lot 117;
The Twinight Collection

Footnotes

Richard Walker's Henry Bone's Pencil Drawings in the National Portrait Gallery, (Walpole Society, LXI. 1999, p. 339, no. 398) mentions the preparatory drawing which is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery no. NPG D17423 and is inscribed, Pope Paul 3rd by- Titian. April 1810. /Original O. Humphry Esq" for George Bowles Esq.. The original portrait of Paul III without cap, painted by Titian in 1543 is in the collection of the Capodimonte Museum, Naples, Italy. It seems likely that Henry Bone worked from an oil copy (possibly by Ozias Humphry) of the original Titian which has been in its current location since 1734.

Pope Paul III (1468-1549) was born Alessandro Farnese. He became Pope from 1534 until his death. He called the Council of Trent in 1545. He was one of the few Popes to have fathered children before his election. He was a patron of the arts, commissioning Michelangelo to paint The Last Judgement.

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