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Study for "An Apotheosis of a Saint" (for San Bernardino dei Morti, Milan)

Study for "An Apotheosis of a Saint" (for San Bernardino dei Morti, Milan)

c. 1695
(Italian, 1659–1734)
Framed: 96.5 x 81.9 x 6.4 cm (38 x 32 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.); Unframed: 78.5 x 62.8 cm (30 7/8 x 24 3/4 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

This sketch represents an apotheosis, or a rise to heaven, of a saint. However, the precise identity of the figure remains unknown, since documents describing the commission have not yet been discovered, and the military costume does not sufficiently distinguish him.
  • (Colnaghi, London, 1958, as anonymous);
    Michael Jaffe, Cambridge;
    (Matthiesen Fine Art, London), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1980.
  • Daniels, Jeffery. "Sebastiano Ricci in Milan." The Burlington Magazine 114, no. 829 (1972): 229-33. Reproduced: P. 232, fig. 35 www.jstor.org
    Chong, Alan. European & American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993. Reproduced: p. 199
  • Object in Focus: Apotheosis of a Saint by Sebastiano Ricci. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 11-June 11, 2000).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; April 11 - June 11, 2000. "Object in Focus: Apotheosis of a Saint by Sebastiano Ricci."
    Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1980.39