Sujet

Saint Cecilia, about 1612-1615. Creator: Domenichino.

Légende

Saint Cecilia, about 1612-1615. Additional Info: Tilting her head back, an ecstatic Saint Cecilia gazes heavenward in an appropriate martyr's pose. Virgin martyr and the patron saint of music, Cecilia is thought to have lived in the 100s or 200s A.D. After laborers discovered her miraculously preserved body beneath the altar of the Church of Santa Cecilia in 1599, her cult grew strong in Rome, and artists portrayed her often, because she represented the union of religion and music. Domenichino probably made this drawing in preparation for his fresco decorations in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome, on which he worked from 1612 to 1615. Scholars identify this female head as Saint Cecilia based on its similarity to the Cecilia in that fresco, where she wears the same expression of ecstasy as putti carry her up to heaven.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A01_197

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

84,5Mo (6,2Mo) / 40,2cm x 52,7cm / 4746 x 6224 (300dpi)

Mots clés

portrait Italy Italian female women woman people looking head music religious arts country religion virgin musician art Christian Christianity saint Santa Baroque location century drawing chalk artwork concept halo santo B&W one person head and shoulders LOOKING UP 17th century black & white black and white B W martyr culture seventeenth century martyrdom patron saint St Cecilia portrait young women young woman St Cecilia St Cecile Saint Cecilia Saint Cecile Baroque Era Saint Cecilia Domenichino Domenico Zampieri Zampieri Domenico Heritage Art Drawing St Cecilia 1610s Artwork Black and white chalk on gray paper pricked for transfer Cartoon (Working Drawing)