The Apotheosis of Saint Euphemia

1759/1760

Carlo Innocenzo Carlone

Associated Names
Carlo Innocenzo Carlone

Artist, Italian, 1686 - 1775

This is a drawing of dynamic figures among swirling clouds. The figures are depicted in expressive poses, suggesting movement and interaction. The overall composition is framed with decorative elements. The artwork features intricate details and a sense of fluid motion and grace, evoking a divine or otherworldly realm.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and light brown ink with gray wash over graphite, strengthened with tip of the brush and dark gray wash, squared in red chalk on cream laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 81 × 56.1 cm (31 7/8 × 22 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.111.56

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

auction Finarte Milan, 9-10 June 1976, 175; purchased by Giuseppe Patitucci Gallery, Venice; purchased by Joseph and Maria Matzker, Bensberg; Wolfgang Ratjen [1943-1997], Vaduz and Munich; purchased 2007 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Carlo Carlone, 1686-1775, Der Ansbacher Auftrag. Ansbach, 1990: 180-181, no. 31, fig. 193 (entry by Brigitte Langer).

2011

  • Italian Master Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, 1525-1835, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2011, no. 55.

2014

  • The Poetry of Light - La poesia della luce: Venetian Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, Museo Correr, Venice, Venice, 2014 - 2015, no. 97.

2023

  • Looking Up: Studies for Ceilings, 1550-1800, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.

Bibliography

1989

  • Schmidt, Hans M. Himmel Ruhm und Herrlichtkeit. Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne, 1989: 278.

1990

  • Kruckmann, Peter O. Carlo Carlone 1685-1775: Der Ansbacher Auftrag. Arcos, Landshut, 1990: 180-181.

2011

  • Italian Drawings from the Wolfgang Ratjen Collection 1525-1835. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2011: 126-127.

Inscriptions

upper left, brown ink: 118 Carloni; verso, lower left, graphite [vertically]: questo è del Carloni di Milano, and lower right, red chalk [vertically]: dissegni dogni sorte de Autori; verso twice in graphite: 1028 [encircled]; verso, upper left, 16 [encircled], lower right, 175 [encircled]

Watermarks

large, elaborate shield containing a comet; at other end "OLANDA" and separately toward corner "FF"

Wikidata ID

Q64538065

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