St Christina of Bolsena

Carlo Dolci (1616 - 1687)

Kedleston Hall

circa 1650 - 1655

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.

• Medium: oil on panel
• Dimensions: diameter 28.5cm
• Art Fund Grant: £30000 ( Total: £240,000; Tax Remission)
• ArtFunded in: 2004
• Vendor: Scarsdale family

Provenance

William Kent; Langford's, London, 1757/8; Sir Nathaniel Curzon, later 5th Bt. and Baron Scarsdale; Scarsdale family by descent.

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