FRANCESCO SOLIMENA Lot n° 88

(Nocera de' Pagani, 1657 - Barra, 1747) Crucifixion, 1730-1735 Oil on canvas, 75.5X63 cm. Provenance: Rome, private collection The painting was attributed to Francesco Solimena by Ferdinando Bologna in 1967, dating the work to the years 1730-1735, close to the Stories of St. Martin at the Charterhouse in Naples and the Annunciation in the Church of San Rocco in Venice. The scholar also recalls that the Serinese master painted the Crucifixion several times, starting with the one signed and dated 1697 that is preserved in the church of Santa Teresa in Solofra. The work is accompanied by a critical card by Ferdinando Bologna. Reference bibliography: F. Bologna, Francesco Solimena, Naples 1958, ad vocem F. Bologna, in Settecento napoletano. On the wings of the imperial eagle 1707-1734, exhibition catalog edited by W. Prohaska and N. Spinosa, Naples 1994, pp. 194-197, 202-205 N. Spinosa, Francesco Solimena and the Arts in Naples, Rome 2018, ad vocem