Bishop Saint in Prayer
Bishop Saint in Prayer

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Bishop Saint in Prayer

Corrado Giaquinto, Italian, 1703–1766
y1993-154

Information

Title
Bishop Saint in Prayer
Maker
Corrado Giaquinto
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
64.5 x 37.6 cm (25 3/8 x 14 13/16 in.) frame: 76.5 x 50.5 x 4.5 cm (30 1/8 x 19 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Marco Grassi, Class of 1956, and Cristina Grassi
Object Number
y1993-154
Inscription
Inscribed verso: Giaquinto Corrado
Culture
Italian
Type
oil paintings, paintings, religious art
Materials
oil paint, canvas
Subject
putti, bishops (prelates), censers, angels, figures (representations), arches, men, Christianity, miters

Anonymous sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, January 9, 1980, lot 106; Marco and Cristina Grassi, New York (by 1987–93; gift to Princeton University Art Museum).

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