# Study for "An Apotheosis of a Saint" (for San Bernardino dei Morti, Milan)

- By: Sebastiano Ricci (Italian, 1659–1734)
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.39)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1980.39/1980.39_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.