English: In this allegory, various symbolic motifs are brought together to express Clement XI's papacy (r. 1700-1721) as an abstract concept. The standing woman at center wearing the papal tiara is holding her cape in a protective manner over a little temple supported by angels. She may by an allegory of Religion protecting the Roman Church. To the base, on which she stands like a column, are chained different agonized figures symbolizing vices, an allusion to Protestants and Muslims. Above, Fame blows her horn while pointing to a portrait of the pontiff. The allegory as a whole is a portrait or a mirror of the pope and his virtues.
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Domenico Antonio Vaccaro (Italian, 1681-1745).'Allegory of the Papacy of Clement XI,'ca. 1720. oil on copper. Walters Art Museum (37.1897): Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902.