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The offices and rich benefices bestowed upon the sitter provided him with a generous income that he spent on lavish banquets and celebrations on religious holidays. He appointed Domenico Paradisi to renovate his official residence in Rome the Palazzo della Cancelleria and collected paintings, tapestries and sculpture to adorn it. He became the most important patron of the arts in Rome supporting writers, painters and musicians including Handel.
The sitter wears a scarlet, watered-silk mozetta over his lace-fringed rochet which has a deep flounce of Venetian needlepoint. The artist subtly captures the difference in the textures and hues of the fabrics.
Title
Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni (1667–1740)
Date
c.1689–1700
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 134.3 x W 98.5 cm
Accession number
B.M.70
Acquisition method
bequeathed by the Founders, 1885
Work type
Painting
The Bowes Museum
Barnard Castle, County Durham DL12 8NP England
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