The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 5, 2023

A Miracle of Saint Maurus

1697–1708

Francesco Solimena

(Italian, 1657–1747)

Italy, 18th century

Black chalk and brown wash

Support: Antique laid paper

Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle 2009.150

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Lower right, in black chalk: "Solimeni" in black ink on the mount: "Fran.co Solimeni Napolitano"

Provenance
R. Dalton (Lugt 782); [Christie's, London, 27 May 1965, lot 183].
Aware of the Cleveland Museum of Art's fine collection of Italian and French drawings, Joseph McCrindle has given five sheets, five Italian and one French, to the CMA. Please see no. 1 for ex collections.
Citations
Spinosa, Nicola. Francesco Solimena (1657-1747) e le arti a Napoli. Roma : Ugo Bozzi editore s.r.l., 2018. Mentioned & Reproduced: p. 33, fig. 21
Exhibition history

New York. Metroplitan Museum of Art, Drawings from New York Collections III: The 18th Century in Italy, 1975, no. 2; Frederick A. Den Broeder, Old Master Drawings from the Collection of Joseph F. McCrindle, exh. cat., The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1991, no. 53.

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