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Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Portrait of Francesca Gommi, Wife of Carlo Maratti

c. 1670s-80s

Carlo Maratti

(Italian, 1625–1713)
red chalk on paper
Image: 38.7 x 25.7 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 2019.74
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The sitter of this portrait was the mistress of the artist and later his wife.

Description

This portrait drawing by Carlo Maratti conveys the immediacy of being drawn while the artist looked directly at the sitter’s features. The sitter, Francesca Gommi, was Maratti’s mistress (later wife), who he also depicted in a formal portrait, now in the CMA’s collection (see 2018.1). This drawing, instead, depicts an intimate moment. Adding to the casual nature of the portrait, Gommi wears a whimsical rimless hat, which may be a sleeping cap.
  • after 1713-1775
    Collection of Andrea Procacini, inherited by his wife, Rosalía O'More after the death of the artist
    1775
    sold in 1775 by Andrea Procacini and Rosalía O'More at the Academie des Beaux-Arts de San Fernando
    c. 1850 to 1880
    Collection of Valentín de Carderera
    1880-1922
    Eduardo Carderera, Madrid, Spain
    1922-1929
    María del Pilar Carderera, Madrid, Spain
    1929
    Carlos Carderera, Madrid, Spain
    Galería José De La Mano, Madrid, Spain
    June 3, 2019
    the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Brown, Heather Lemonedes. “Acquisitions 2019.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 60, no. 2 (March/April 2020): 6-7. Reproduced: P. 6; Mentioned: P. 7.
    Rudolph, Stella, Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodinò, and Carlo Maratti. Carlo Maratti (1625-1713) : Tra La Magnificenza Del Barocco E Il Sogno d’Arcadia : Dipinti E Disegni. Roma: Ugo Bozzi Editore -- Edizioni per la Storia dell’Arte, 2024. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 1097, C3
  • {{cite web|title=Portrait of Francesca Gommi, Wife of Carlo Maratti|url=false|author=Carlo Maratti|year=c. 1670s-80s|access-date=18 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2019.74