Study of Santa Rosalia of Palermo

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Ciro Ferri (Italian, 1634-1689) / influenced by Baldassare Franceschini, called Il Volterrano (Italian, 1611-1690)
Date: 1659/64
Medium: Black chalk with smudging on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 20.4 × 18.5 cm (8 1/16 × 7 5/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: chalk
Place: Italy
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Purchased with funds provided by William G. Simpson; William and Marilyn Simpson Acquisition Fund
Accession no.: 2003.64

Sculpted Female Head
Ciro Ferri
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00003532
Nymph and Satyr
Ciro Ferri
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00003533
The Madonna and Child in Glory Appearing to a Kneeling Young Man
Ciro Ferri
1655/59 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00005913
Landscape with Mountains in the Distance
Ciro Ferri
1634–89 · Drawing
Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of Art
AT-00019880