#Lucretia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI

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Lucretia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI by Frank Cadogan Cowper circa 1910

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[lemuseum]

#Frank Cadogan Cowper - Lucretia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI (c.1910)

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Lucretia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI, Frank Cadogan Cowper

#Frank Cadogan Cowper

[anadiomena]

Painting titled "Lucretia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI" (1908–14) by Frank Cadogan Cowper (1877–1958); crafted using oil paint on canvas backed with wood. The dimensions are 2210 × 1537 mm.

This is a re-creation of an obscure and scandalous incident from the history of the Popes. In 1501 the illegitimate daughter of Pope Alexander VI, Lucrezia Borgia, took his place at a meeting. Frank Cowper has invented this suggestive moment in which two noblemen part Lucrezia’s dress so that a Francisan friar can kiss her shoe.The room in the Vatican in which Lucrezia Borgia appeared still exists. It was decorated by the Italian Renaissance artist Pinturrichio. Cowper went there to copy it and painted the faces of the Cardinals from their original portraits.

The picture was begun in Rome in the Borgia Apartments of the Vatican. These had been occupied by Cardinal Merry del Val, the Papal Secretary of State, and were not open to the public, but had been vacated just before the artist first came to Rome in 1908, so he was able to paint there. The rooms were decorated by Pinturicchio and the frescoes of the Annunication and the Nativity appear on either side of the throne. The subject was suggested by the Diary of John Burchard, Bishop of Orta, Papal Master of the Ceremonies, 27 July 1501, and the following quotation was printed in the R.A. catalogue: ‘Before his Holiness, our Master, left the city, he turned over the palace and all business affairs to his daughter Lucrezia, giving her full power to open all letters which arrive.’

The Cardinals around Lucrezia were painted from contemporary portraits: the one writing on the right is Cardinal Giovanni de Medici, afterwards Leo X, the one on the left holding back her robe is Cardinal Farnese, afterwards Paul III, and the one standing on the right is the Cardinal of Lisbon who had to advise Lucrezia on her official duties. (Letters from the artist 18 and 23 January 1956).

Published in: Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, London 1964, I.

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[oldrockinghouse]

Lucretia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI, by English painter Frank Cadogan Cowper (1910). Tate Britain.

[artschoolglasses]

Lucretia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI, Frank Cadogan Cowper, 1908-14

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[pandemoniuum]

Does anyone know the source of this quote?

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[taylorswiftarthistories]

Lucretia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI by Frank Cadogan Cowper, 1910 / "Don't Blame Me" by Taylor Swift

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[illustratus]

Lucretia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI

by Frank Cadogan Cowper

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[mistressaccost]

Lucretia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI (oil on canvas) by Frank Cadogan Cowper

This is a re-creation of an obscure and scandalous incident from the history of the Popes. In 1501 the illegitimate daughter of Pope Alexander VI, Lucrezia Borgia, took his place at a meeting. Frank Cowper has invented this suggestive moment in which two noblemen part Lucrezia’s dress so that a Francisan friar can kiss her shoe.The room in the Vatican in which Lucrezia Borgia appeared still exists. It was decorated by the Italian Renaissance artist Pinturrichio. Cowper went there to copy it and painted the faces of the Cardinals from their original portraits.

Gallery label, July 2007

#aren’t the reds in this so juicy???? #my eyes are FEASTING #art history #lucrezia borgia #the borgias #dark acadamia aesthetic

[dwellordream]

on a red kick lately so here are 10 red paintings i love:

1. Pomegranates by Elena Kubysheva

2. The Black Hole by Peter Ellenshaw

3. Untitled by Daniel Clarke

4. De lo Santa y de lo Ambiguo by Citlali Haro

5. Anthropogenic Sun by Artem Chebokha

6. Harmony Pool by Lilly Chorny

7. It Depends What Direction You Look In by Jules de Balincourt

8. Lucretia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI by Frank Cadogan Cowper

9. Pandora by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

10. Portrait of a lady by Luigi Miradori

#color theory #red

[thalasophobic]

Lucretia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI. Frank Cadogan Cowper. c. 1908-1914 C.E. Oil on Canvas.

#frank cadogan cowper #20th century #painting #oil #art history #1910s #canvas #artist: british #woman #vatican #religious #cardinals #Lucretia Borgia #court #Pope Alexander VI

[xelnsh]

“Lucretia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI, ca. 1910”

[saintcirce]

The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor (Willa Cather)

Lucretia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI (Frank Cadogan Cowper, 1908-14) via the Tate

For a nice post about the historical context of the event depicted see @therepublicofletters response to anon

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[mysticsandmulder]

Frank Cadogan Cowper, Lucretia Borgia Reigns in the Vatican in the Absence of Pope Alexander VI (1908-1914)

#Frank Cadogan Cowper #lucretia borgia #pope alexander vi #tate museum #the borgias