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The Risen Christ Appearing to the Virgin
Also known as: The Risen Christ Appearing to His Mother
About the Artwork
The dramatic contrasts of light and dark reveal the long aftereffects of Caravaggio in Naples. Yet, the elegant forms, rich colors, and perfected body of Christ have far more affinities with the idealizing strand of Italian art in the 1600s and 1700s. Solimena sought to improve on nature, based on the study of antiquity, aiming to create a work of grandeur and nobility meant to inspire reverence and devotion appropriate to the holy subject.
Provenance
1970: Purchased by the Heim Gallery from an unidentified church in France. 1971: Purchased by the Cleveland Museum of Art from the Heim Gallery.
Exhibition history
Year in Review: 1971. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1971-February 6, 1972).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Francesco Solimena (Italian, 1657–1747)
- Date
- c. 1708
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 250.2 x 197.5 x 12.7 cm (98 1/2 x 77 3/4 x 5 in.); Unframed: 222.5 x 169.5 cm (87 5/8 x 66 3/4 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Accession no.
- 1971.63
More by Francesco Solimena in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00009559
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