Neapolitan Artist, Cherub, Fragment of the Immaculate Conception, Early 1700s, Oil on Glass

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Today we present this beautiful glass painting depicting a cherub celebrating the virgin. The painting shows high pictorial qualities attributable … Read more Today we present this beautiful glass painting depicting a cherub celebrating the virgin. The painting shows high pictorial qualities attributable to the style and technique of the Neapolitan painter Francesco Solimena (1657 - 1747), and therefore probably executed within his workshop. It is a fragment of an Immaculate Conception, as can be seen from the crescent moon to the right of the dancing cherub. In fact, it would have been a large painting of this subject made on glass. The fragility of this support has not allowed it to be preserved until today, but this beautiful element of Neapolitan painting remains, which well documents the long artistic tradition that linked this famous workshop of Solimena to painting on glass. The fragment of painted glass measures: 13cm x 22 cm in height; the measurements including the contemporary frame are 37cm x 47cm. We attach a certificate of guarantee to the sale. See less