 The iconography of this flattering scene was telling and unmistakably expressed the high hopes Le Gros had for the patronage of the newly elected pontiff.He also remained the sculptor of choice for Cloche who was eager to promote the status of the Dominicans.Following the death of Cloche's friend Cardinal Girolamo Casanate, who left his substantial collection of books and an endowment for expanding his library to the Dominicans, Le Gros was commissioned to create the cardinal's tomb in the Lateran Basilica (1700–03) and subsequently the "Statue of Cardinal Casanate" in the Biblioteca Casanatense (1706–08).