Angelo Maria Querini Created Cardinal by Benedict XIII
1709[-]87
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In this lively Rococo sketch, Venetian artist Francesco Zugno captures a moment of high-stakes career advancement: Pope Benedict XIII, identifiable by his towering triple-tiered tiara, is formally elevating the scholar Angelo Maria Querini to the rank of Cardinal. The scene is bustling with activity as the kneeling Querini receives the honor while other clerics look on, their robes rendered in Zugno's characteristic loose, energetic strokes. You can even see the artist's signature, 'Zugno di,' scribbled in the bottom left corner, marking this as a confident study of papal power and 18th-century church politics.