Senatui Populoque Venetiarum Benedictines De Pentecostes XIX Maji Anno MDCCLXXXII
Pius VI (bourgeois Giovanni Angelo Count Braschi; born 1717 in Cesena, died 29th August 1799 in Valence) was a pope from 1775 to 1799; he was a priest from 1758 and a cardinal from 1773. At the age of 24, his pontificate is one of the longest in church history.
In a conclave that lasted for almost five months, the church lawyer Cardinal Count Braschi was elected to succeed Pope Clement XIV on 15 February 1775.
Source: Raccolta di 126 stampe, che rappresentano, Figure, ed Abiti di varie Nazioni, secondo gli Originali, e le Descrizioni dei piú cele bri recenti, Viaggiatori, e degli Scopritori di paesi nuovi. Dedicata a S. E. Il Signor Tommaso Degli Obizzi, Marchese del S.R.I. e di Orciano Conde ec ec.
In argomento di grata riconosenza Theodorum Viero, 1783-1791.
