Glorification of St. Filippo Neri

Giacomo Farelli1624–1706

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

The saint is carried upwards, kneeling upon a cloud, and accompanied by angels, two of whom carry a lily spray and a sheet of paper. The upper outlines of windows are probably indicated below at left and at right. Reverse, indistinct figure sketches (in black chalk)

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Title: Glorification of St. Filippo Neri
Creator: Farelli, Giacomo
Creator Lifespan: 1624/1706
Date Created: 1624–1706
Type: Drawing
Rights: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
Medium: Pen and brown ink, black chalk, on cream laid paper
Provenance: Ex-collection: Giovanni Piancastelli; Mrs. Edward D. Brandegee
Inscribed: Reverse, written in ink: Del Cav. Farelli
Exhibitions: Welesley, Mass.- Wellesley College, "The Two Sicilies: Drawings from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum," Sept. 12 - Nov. 22, 1970. New York, NY- Finch College Museum of Art, "The Two Sicilies: Drawings from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum," Feb. 4 - March 20, 1970; cat. # 17, p. 10 rep.Sarasota, Fla.- The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, "Baroque Painters of Naples," Mar. 4 - Apr. 4, 1961; no, 67, reprod.
Dimensions: 24.8 x 23.8 cm (9 3/4 x 9 3/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Giacomo Farelli Chalk Drawing Ink Laid paper Pen Philip Neri Pigment