Study for "An Apotheosis of a Saint" (for San Bernardino dei Morti, Milan), by Sebastiano Ricci, c. 1695
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Study for "An Apotheosis of a Saint" (for San Bernardino dei Morti, Milan)

Sebastiano Ricci (Italian, 1659–1734)

c. 1695

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
Framed: 96.5 x 81.9 x 6.4 cm (38 x 32 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.); Unframed: 78.5 x 62.8 cm (30 7/8 x 24 3/4 in.)
Culture
Italy
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art, European Painting and Sculpture
Credit line
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
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About this work

This sketch represents an apotheosis, or a rise to heaven, of a saint. However, the precise identity of the figure remains unknown, since documents describing the commission have not yet been discovered, and the military costume does not sufficiently distinguish him.