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Description: | This intriguing painting is probably a record or sketch of a decorative scheme for the pendentives of a church. Italian fresco artists often worked with more manageable small oil sketches in this way. The theme is charity. The woman accompanied by three children is a standard device. In addition, the inclusion of the pelican that draws blood from her own breast, believed to be how these birds fed their young, is an allusion to the charity and sacrifice of Christ. The design shows how the artist collaborated with a plasterer to achieve the projection of the figures into space. | Subjects: | religion; interior; allegory (Charity Christ); figure; animal (pelican) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Solimena, Francesco (Italian painter and draftsman, 1657-1747) Æ Attributed to school of Attributed to Mura, Francesco de (Italian painter, 1696-1782) Previously attributed to manner of Franceschini, Marc Antonio (Italian painter, 1648-1729) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8358... | Go to resource |
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