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A dignitary kneeling before a Pope, receiving a chain of office and other rewards [The Painter, Architect and Writer Giorgio Vasari being Honored by Pope Pius V (?)]
Pencil, Pencil ground, Grey-brown ink, Wash on yellow paper. 1570 - 1579
Zuccaro, Federico
A dignitary kneeling before a Pope, receiving a chain of office and other rewards [The Painter, Architect and Writer Giorgio Vasari being Honored by Pope Pius V (?)]
Pencil, Pencil ground, Grey-brown ink, Wash on yellow paper. 1570 - 1579
Zuccaro, Federico

Gabriele Finaldi was the first to point out that the seated pope seems to be Pius V (Ghislieri), the Dominican, pro-Spanish pontiff who reigned from 1566 to 1572. As Cardinal Ghislieri, he held the office of grand inquisitor under the two previous pontiffs, Paul IV and Pius IV. Comparison of the visage and physique of the pope in the drawing with those in the many surviving portraits of Pius V sho

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