Who painted this? #17

I spent a long time looking for a painting for this week. One of my basic premises for the paintings chosen is that they must be by painters that are of interest and don't in general produce a one-off wonder.

Who painted this? #18

I was surprised by this painter as I'd never heard of him before and yet feel as if I should have. The next was that this wasn't what this view looked like last time I looked at it!

That's as much as a clue as you're getting!


"Who painted this? #17"?

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Click this link to read THE RULES for participating in this challenge (this saves having to copy them out for each post!).

In short:

• use your brains not software to find the answer
• search using words only on a database of images
• leave your answer as a comment on this blog  (This week you can post correct answers one by one if you like.  However you must have ONE comment which summarises ALL the correct answers you have supplied BEFORE next Friday)
• correct and partially correct answers will not be published until the next post - which provides the answer
• if wrong it will be published
• do not leave the answer on Facebook!
• the winner - who gets a mention and a link on/from this blog - is the first person to give me a completely correct answer for ALL the things I want to know

Who Painted These 10 Popes? - The Answer

The answers are below. I've included links to the painting, the artist and the place where it is now located.  I'm not reproducing the images this week - but you can find them here - Who painted these 10 Popes?

#1

• Title of the artwork: St. Francis Preaching a Sermon to Pope Honorius III
• Name of the Pope: Pope Honorius III (1148-1227)
• Name of the artist who created this artwork: Giotto
• Date it was created: 1297-1299
• Media used: Fresco
• Where it lives now: San Francesco, Upper Church, Assisi, Italy

#2

• Title of the artwork: Dream of Pope Sergius
• Name of the Pope: Pope Sergius I (650-701)
• Name of the artist who created this artwork: Rogier van der Weyden
• Date it was created: 1437-40
• Media used: Oil on oak panel, 89 x 80 cm
• Where it lives now: J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

#3

• Title of the artwork: Saint Lawrence Receiving the Treasures of the Church from Pope Sixtus II
• Name of the Pope: Pope Sixtus II  (257-258)
• Name of the artist who created this artwork: Fra Angelico
• Date it was created: 1447-1449
• Media used: fresco
• Where it lives now: Cappella Niccolina, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican

#4

• Title of the artwork: Pope Paul III 
• Name of the Pope: Pope Paul III 
• Name of the artist who created this artwork: Titian
• Date it was created: 1545-1546
• Media used: oil on canvas 106 x 85 cm
• Where it lives now: Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy

#5 (Trick question - this is in fact a copy of a part of a painting by Raphael - painted in 1518. Bronzino idolised Raphael)

• Title of the artwork: Pope Leo X
• Name of the Pope: Pope Leo X
• Name of the artist who created this artwork: Agnolo Bronzino
• Date it was created: c.1560
• Media used: oil on tin 15 x 12 cm
• Where it lives now: Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

#6

• Title of the artwork: Catherine of Siena escorted pope Gregory XI at Rome on 17th January 1377 - Giorgio Vasari
• Name of the Pope: Pope Gregory XI
• Name of the artist who created this artwork: Giorgio Vasari
• Date it was created: ?
• Media used: fresco
• Where it lives now: Sala Regia in the Apostolic Palace, Rome

#7

• Title of the artwork: Portrait of Pope Innocent X
• Name of the Pope: Pope Innocent X
• Name of the artist who created this artwork: Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez
• Date it was created: 1650
• Media used: oil on canvas, 140 x 120 cm
• Where it lives now: Galleria Doria Pamphilj

#8

• Title of the artwork: Portrait of Pope Pius V
• Name of the Pope: Pope Pius V
• Name of the artist who created this artwork: Doménikos Theotokópoulos a.k.a El Greco
• Date it was created: c.1605
• Media used: oil on canvas
• Where it lives now: Private collection, Paris

#9

• Title of the artwork: Portrait of Pope Pius VII
• Name of the Pope: Pope Pius VII 
• Name of the artist who created this artwork: Jacques-Louis David
• Date it was created: 1805
• Media used: oil on canvas, 86.5 x 71.5 cm
• Where it lives now: Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

#10  (This is the second copy of Raphael's painting of Pope Leo X)

• Title of the artwork: Pope Leo X (after Raphael)
• Name of the Pope:  Pope Leo X  Pope Leo X
• Name of the artist who created this artwork: Fernando Botero
• Date it was created: 1964
• Media used: oil on canvas m 59.00 in. (149.86 cm.) (height) by 51.00 in. (129.54 cm.) (width)
• Where it lives now: ?

The correct answers

The first person to provide the correct answer was Jane Gardiner (Glasgow Painter) making this her second win.

As expected the answers came in a lot more slowly and I think maybe some people decided not to participate last week - and then couldn't resist the hunt!

Anyway, I was hugely impressed by the people who got their submissions in and I think I'm right in saying that all those who submitted 10 got 10 correct.  There are various versions of where they are now - but I think that reflects which source was used.

They are (in order of response):

• Sandra Robinson - last week's winner
• Alyson Champ
• Irene
• Mark
• David J Teter
• Ka Gray

For the record I've personally seen (up close and personal) the Giotto in Assissi, the Velaquez in an exhibition at the National Gallery and (I think) the David in the Louvre!  The Velaquez is well worth making a journey to see.

Beware momentous events that don't happen too often - if a series of paintings might be potentially relevant!

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