The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception Adored by Saints Anthony of Padua, Francis, Clare of Assisi, and Louis of Toulouse and an Unidentified Cleric

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The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception Adored by Saints Anthony of Padua, Francis, Clare of Assisi, and Louis of Toulouse and an Unidentified Cleric

c. 1718

Francesco Solimena (called l'Abate Ciccio) (Italian, 1657–1747)

Solimena was the leading painter of the Neapolitan Baroque during the first half of the eighteenth century, creating many decorations in oil and fresco in and around Naples, a city that at that time rivaled Rome and Madrid in the fervor of its faith and the opulence of its ecclesiastical architecture and decoration. This sheet is a study for the major altarpiece in an obscure church in Naples, San Francesco delle Cappucinelle.

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Object Details

Title:

The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception Adored by Saints Anthony of Padua, Francis, Clare of Assisi, and Louis of Toulouse and an Unidentified Cleric

Date:

c. 1718

Artist:

Francesco Solimena (called l'Abate Ciccio) (Italian, 1657–1747)

Medium:

Pen and brown ink with brush and gray wash, over black chalk, on beige laid paper, mounted down on laid paper with ruled lines in brown ink

Dimensions:

Sheet: 13 13/16 x 8 15/16 inches (35.1 x 22.7 cm)

Classification:

Drawings

Credit Line:

The Muriel and Philip Berman Gift, acquired from the Matthew Carey Lea bequest of 1898 to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, with funds contributed by Muriel and Philip Berman and the Edgar Viguers Seeler Fund (by exchange), 1984

Accession Number:

1984-56-221

Geography:

Made in Italy, Europe

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