St Margaret of Cortona in Ecstasy

Giuseppe Bazzani (1690 - 1769)

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

1764

Bazzani was a native of Mantua where he painted many frescoes and became director of the Academy. The present picture may be a sketch for, or a small replica of, an altar-piece of this subject by Bazzani recorded in the Church of San Francesco, Mantua, in 1764.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 86 x 66 cm
• ArtFunded in: 1975
• Bequeathed by Reginald Littleboy through The Art Fund

Provenance

Contessa Marianna Prampolini Tirelli.

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