The Madonna Appearing to St. Philip Neri

Sebastiano Conca1740

Details

Title: The Madonna Appearing to St. Philip Neri
Creator Lifespan: 1680 - 1764
Creator Nationality: Italian
Creator Gender: Male
Date Created: 1740
Type: oil paintings
Rights: James E. Roberts Fund
External Link: http://www.imamuseum.org/mercury/load-artwork/12806
Medium: oil on canvas
wall label: This lively, loosely painted sketch is a preliminary study for a large altarpiece in the Pilo e Calvello Chapel, Sant_Ignazio Martire all_Olivella (formerly San Filippo Neri), Palermo, commissioned from Conca at the height of his fame in 1739-40. In these years, Conca led a large and busy workshop in Rome and served as the director of the Roman academy. Unwilling to relocate to complete such commissions, Conca would have sent small preliminary sketches like this to his patron in Sicily for approval before undertaking the final full-scale altarpiece. Two additional painted sketches and one drawing related to the altarpiece also survive, with slight variations between them that indicate Conca_s exacting approach to composition.
measurements: 16 x 10 3/8 in.
Artist: Conca, Sebastiano

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