Saint Rosalia (c. 1625) by Anthony van Dyck

Saint Rosalia is a c.1625 oil on canvas painting by Anthony van Dyck. Originally owned by Giovan Francesco Serra di Cassano, it was bought by Philip IV of Spain via his Viceroy of Naples Gaspar de Bracamonte in 1664 and is now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid[1][2]

It is one of a group of surviving works showing Saint Rosalia produced by the artist in the mid-1620s whilst trapped in Palermo due to a plague, all showing the influence of Pietro Novelli, then also in the city.[3] It uses the same composition used in three of those works (now in Palermo, London and Houston), but adds a skull in the saint's left hand and converts it from a full-length to a three-quarter-length depiction.[4] They were all loaned to the Dulwich Picture Gallery in 2011-2012.[5][6]

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References

  1. ^ "Catalogue entry".
  2. ^ Salomon, Xavier F. (2012). Van Dyck in Sicily 1624-1625 : Painting and the Plague. Milan: Silvana Editoriale Spa. pp. 102–103. ISBN 978-8836621729.
  3. ^ "Santa Rosalia Incoronata dagli Angeli" (in Italian). arte.it.
  4. ^ Sterling, Charles (1939). "'Van Dyck's Paintings of St. Rosalie'". Vol. 74, no. 431. Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs. pp. 52–55 and 58–63. JSTOR 867652.
  5. ^ Ruth Hazard (19 December 2011). "Saint Rosalia paintings by Sir Anthony van Dyck to be reunited at Dulwich Picture Gallery". Culture24. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Art after death: Van Dyck's Painting and the Plague – in pictures". Guardian. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
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