Portrait of Pope Benedict XV on the papal throne on his accession to the pontificate, lower right a self-portrait of the artist
Oil on canvas in tondo (1914)
Titled and dated at the top BENEDICTUS XV ANNO DOMINI MDCCCCXIV, signed lower right E. Vasarri
Diameter 160 cm
Note: Pope Benedict XV, born Giacomo DELLA CHIESA in Genoa in 1854 and died at the Vatican in 1922, was Pope under the name of Benedict XV from September 3, 1914 until his death in 1922.