Francesco Solimena (Canale di Serino 1657-1747 Barra di Napoli)
Saint Francis Xavier on clouds holding a lily and a book with putti, a townscape below
with number '21' and with inscriptions 'Ciroferri' (on the mount, recto) and 'Solimena' (on the mount, verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white, on light brown paper, watermark encircled sun
9 x 7 in. (22.6 x 17.3 cm.)
Francesco Solimena (Canale di Serino 1657-1747 Barra di Napoli)
Saint Francis Xavier on clouds holding a lily and a book with putti, a townscape below
with number '21' and with inscriptions 'Ciroferri' (on the mount, recto) and 'Solimena' (on the mount, verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white, on light brown paper, watermark encircled sun
9 x 7 in. (22.6 x 17.3 cm.)
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