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Study for the Death of Messalina
Creator
Francesco SolimenaItalian Artist · 1657–1747
All works by this person →Francesco Solimena settled in Naples in 1674 and became the unchallenged head of the Neapolitan school of painting during the first half of the 1700s. He modeled his painting on the exuberant Baroque style of his predecessor, Luca Giordano, modified by the classical tendencies of Roman decorator Pietro da Cortona. The brownish shadows that are such an identifiable element of Solimena's style are i
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- about 1704/1712
- Medium
- Black chalk
- Culture
- Italian
- Department
- Drawings
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 4c3cde1b-9658-4b60-becd-5015b5cb8e5a
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The drawing is a preparatory study for the painting of the same subject. Swiftly made in black chalk, the drawing explores the poses of the principal characters and their spatial relationships. Given the changes that exist between the drawing and the painting, it seems likely that the drawing was made at a relatively early stage in the creative process. No other preparatory drawings for this painting are known.
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