© Kedleston Hall
St Christina of Bolsena
Artist: Carlo Dolci (1616 - 1687)
Location: Kedleston Hall
Date: circa 1650 - 1655
Materials: oil on panel
Dimensions: diameter 28.5cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £30,000 (Total: £240,000; tax remission)
Vendor: Scarsdale family
Review number: 5380 (2004)
Provenance:
William Kent; Langford's, London, 1757/8; Sir Nathaniel Curzon, later 5th Bt. and Baron Scarsdale; Scarsdale family by descent.
Description:
Head and shoulders depiction of the Saint as a young woman with arrow piercing her neck, in integral Quattrocentro-style circular frame. Her vita relates that she was the daughter of a noble pagan family, and having survived numerous attempts to put her to death for her obstinate adherence to Christ, she was shot with arrows.
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