Sunday, April 7, 2019

Francesco Solimena (1657-1747) - Drawings

Francesco Solimena
Figures at the base of a Column
ca. 1680-90
drawing
British Museum

Francesco Solimena
Fall of Simon Magus
(study for fresco)
1690
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Francesco Solimena
Pope Clement XI giving the Veil to his Niece
(study for painting)
ca. 1700-1720
drawing
British Museum

Francesco Solimena
Prophetess Deborah ordering Barak to take arms against Sisera
(study for painting)
ca. 1728-33
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Francesco Solimena
Sketch of Cupids drawn by Dolphins
before 1747
drawing
Morgan Library, New York

Francesco Solimena
Figure-study of Seated Woman
ca. 1725
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Quondam was I in my lady's grace,
     I think as well as now be you:
And when that you have trod the trace,
     Then shall you know my words be true,
          That quondam was I.

Quondam was I. She said, 'for ever'.
     That 'ever' lasted but a short while,
A promise made not to dissever;
     I thought she laughed, she did but smile.
          Then quondam was I.

Quondam was I that full oft lay
     In her arms with kisses many a one.
It is enough that I may say,
     Though 'mong the moe now I be gone,
          Yet quondam was I.

Quondam was I: she will you tell
     That since the hour she was first born
She never loved none half so well
     As you. But what though she had sworn,
          Sure quondam was I.

– Sir Thomas Wyatt (ca. 1530)

Francesco Solimena
Study of Kneeling Saint
before 1747
drawing
Morgan Library, New York

Francesco Solimena
Presentation of the Virgin
ca. 1705
drawing
British Museum

Francesco Solimena
Allegory of the Arts in Papal Rome
(enthroned Pope at left with Campidoglio beyond)
ca. 1700
drawing
British Museum

Francesco Solimena
Figure with Sickle
ca. 1720-30
drawing
British Museum

Francesco Solimena
Allegorical Figure of Study
before 1747
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Francesco Solimena
Figure chained to Rock
before 1747
drawing
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Francesco Solimena
Diana and Callisto
before 1747
drawing
British Museum

Francesco Solimena
Continence of Scipio
before 1747
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Francesco Solimena
Jupiter with Eagle
before 1747
drawing
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York