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The Virgin Presenting the Portrait of Saint Dominic to the Friar of Soriano
Giacinto Diano (Italian, 1731–1803)
Formerly attributed to: Francesco de Mura (Italian (Naples), 1696–1782)
Formerly attributed to: Francesco de Mura (Italian (Naples), 1696–1782)
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Unframed: 76.6 x 76.6 cm (30 3/16 x 30 3/16 in.)
Framed: 81.3 x 81.3 cm (32 x 32 in.)
Framed: 81.3 x 81.3 cm (32 x 32 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Azita Bina and Elmar W. Seibel
Accession Number2006.2064
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
Francesco de Mura was the best student of Francesco Solimena and the most important painter in Naples in the mid-eighteenth century. This oil sketch, clearly a study for a ceiling painting for a Dominican religious institution, was probably painted after about 1740, making it a fine example of De Mura’s mature style.
ProvenanceMay 23, 1986, anonymous ("property of a lady") sale, Christie's, London, lot 50 to Azita Bina and Elmar W. Seibel, Boston; 2006, gift of Azita Bina and Elmar W. Seibel to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 24, 2007)