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How I Painted His Holiness the Pope
Paris reports Benjamin Constant praising Pope Leo XIII after visiting Rome and detailing both the papal audience and the painter's hours in the Vatican. The article recounts crowds of pilgrims, the pope’s delicate white features, and the artist’s promise to depict the pontiff with fidelity, amid notes on potential exhibition venues and Catholic Missions.
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Paris
Benjamin Constant
Leo XIII
Rome
Benjamin
Vatican
St. Peter
Sepa
Christ
Grand Cathhedral
Matthieu
Holy Father
Tom
Falguiere
Pantheon
Charly
Plais Des Beaux Arts
Trocardero
Admiral Lafont
Baron du Teil