Blessed Maria Vittoria Fornari's Vision of the Trinity

c. 1670

Domenico Piola

Associated Names
Domenico Piola

Artist, Italian, Genoese, 1628 - 1703

This is a drawing of a religious figure with multiple heads and a robed figure. The drawing features a seated figure with three heads and bearded faces holding a large orb adorned with a cross. The figure is dressed in flowing garments and surrounded by clouds, implying elevation. In the foreground, another robed figure kneels on the clouds, gazing upwards with hands crossed over the chest. Around both figures, smaller cloud-like forms with cherubic faces accentuate the heavenly theme. The drawing uses a monochromatic palette of sepia tones, emphasizing dynamic lines and the spiritual character of the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite, with additions in black chalk, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 17.5 x 12.2 cm (6 7/8 x 4 13/16 in.)
    mount: 20.8 x 17.5 cm (8 3/16 x 6 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.192


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Lorna Lowe, London, by 1983); Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York, 1983; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012, 66-67, no. 22 (entry by Andaleeb Badiee Banta).

Inscriptions

by later hand on mount, lower right in pen and brown ink: D. Piola; above that, in graphite, in graphite: 64; by later hand on mount, upper left verso in graphite: 62 / 27

Wikidata ID

Q64541079

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