The Sobieskis and Stuarts. Portrait of Clementina Sobieska, Lodovico Stern, 1740
The Sobieskis and Stuarts. Portrait of Clementina Sobieska, Lodovico Stern, 1740 - Photo gallery
The Sobieskis and Stuarts. Portrait of Clementina Sobieska, Lodovico Stern, 1740 - Photo gallery
after Martin van Meytens (1725)
oil on canvas, 1740
Royal Castle in Warsaw – Museum
This depiction of the wife of the claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland appears on her monumental tomb of 1742, designed by Filippo Barigioni, in Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican in Rome, the most important of all Catholic churches. The portrait on the tomb, held by a sculpted personification of Faith and a winged putto, was made as a mosaic by the Roman master Pietro Paolo Cristofari. The artist based the mosaic on the likeness of King Jan III’s granddaughter in this portrait by Lodovico Stern (1709–1777), a painter of Austrian origin, who moved to Rome around 1724.
Featured articles
-
The Sobieskis and Stuarts, Monument to Clementina Sobieska in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Bronisław Puc, 1883
Bronisław Puc’s woodcut, based on a drawing by Stanisław Holc, depicts the tomb of Clementina Sobieska, erected in 1742 in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.
-
The Sobieskis and Stuarts. Prayer book of Queen Mary, Master of Archbishop François de Rohan, 1535–1540
The prayer book of Mary, Queen of Scots, is an object which reminds us of one of the most important figures in the royal House of Stuart.
-
The Sobieskis and Stuarts. Portrait of Clementina Sobieska, Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers, after 1726
The portrait of Clementina in an oval frame with inscriptions below the image was made around 1726 by Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers (1668–1741), a Parisian copperplate engraver, publisher, and seller.
