Pietro Camuccini, Rome, to Sir Thomas Lawrence, President of the Royal Academy, London

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

LAW/4/152

Title

Pietro Camuccini, Rome, to Sir Thomas Lawrence, President of the Royal Academy, London

Date

[30] Sep 1823

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

Describing the general regret in Rome at the death of the Pope, Consalvi was with him at the end; he describes a picture that he has repaired and is now rehung in a chapel, he has not heard any more about the Sistine Chapel and so hopes thwe new Pope will be a lover of the arts; he is now working on thirteen frescoes by Mantegna, recently found neglected in the Vatican; he describes the recent professional activities of his brother.