ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCESCO SOLIMINA (ITALIAN 1657-1747) ECCE HOMO
Description: ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCESCO SOLIMINA (ITALIAN 1657-1747) ECCE HOMO Oil on canvas (Dimensions: 30cm x 25cm (12in x 9.75in))
Provenance: Francesco Solimena was one of the foremost artists of the Italian Baroque period, who enjoyed numerous important patrons and commissions during his extensive and prosperous career. Born in Canale di Serino on 4 October 1657, Solimena trained under his father before settling in Naples in 1674, where he worked in the studio of Francesco di Maria. He quickly established his own studio, which went on to become a sort of academy in its own right with numerous important pupils such as Corrado Giaquinto, Sebastiano Conca and Allan Ramsay. This recently discovered Ecce Homo , attributed to Francesco Solimena, exhibits the artists signature chiaroscuro as the figure of Christ emerges from his darkened background. His wounded body is wrapped in a red robe, as he holds a reed sceptre in his left hand, and wears a crown of thorns, typical instruments of the Passion. The attribution becomes more evident when compared with the known Francesco Solimena Ecce Homo in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, in which both the facial structure and the drapery bear striking similarities. Dimensions: 30cm x 25cm (12in x 9.75in)
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Description: ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCESCO SOLIMINA (ITALIAN 1657-1747) ECCE HOMO Oil on canvas (Dimensions: 30cm x 25cm (12in x 9.75in))
Provenance: Francesco Solimena was one of the foremost artists of the Italian Baroque period, who enjoyed numerous important patrons and commissions during his extensive and prosperous career. Born in Canale di Serino on 4 October 1657, Solimena trained under his father before settling in Naples in 1674, where he worked in the studio of Francesco di Maria. He quickly established his own studio, which went on to become a sort of academy in its own right with numerous important pupils such as Corrado Giaquinto, Sebastiano Conca and Allan Ramsay. This recently discovered Ecce Homo , attributed to Francesco Solimena, exhibits the artists signature chiaroscuro as the figure of Christ emerges from his darkened background. His wounded body is wrapped in a red robe, as he holds a reed sceptre in his left hand, and wears a crown of thorns, typical instruments of the Passion. The attribution becomes more evident when compared with the known Francesco Solimena Ecce Homo in the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, in which both the facial structure and the drapery bear striking similarities. Dimensions: 30cm x 25cm (12in x 9.75in)
