Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00011266Portrait of Francesca Gommi, Wife of Carlo Maratti
About the Artwork
This portrait drawing by Carlo Maratti conveys the immediacy of being drawn while the artist looked directly at the sitter’s features. The sitter, Francesca Gommi, was Maratti’s mistress (later wife), who he also depicted in a formal portrait, now in the CMA’s collection (see 2018.1). This drawing, instead, depicts an intimate moment. Adding to the casual nature of the portrait, Gommi wears a whimsical rimless hat, which may be a sleeping cap.
Inscriptions
inscribed with paraph of Ignacio Augustin de Hermosilla Sandoval y Rojas; laid down on album sheet inscribed “60 R”
Provenance
after 1713-1775: Collection of Andrea Procacini, inherited by his wife, Rosalía O'More after the death of the artist 1775: sold in 1775 by Andrea Procacini and Rosalía O'More at the Academie des Beaux-Arts de San Fernando c. 1850 to 1880: Collection of Valentín de Carderera 1880-1922: Eduardo Carderera, Madrid, Spain 1922-1929: María del Pilar Carderera, Madrid, Spain 1929: Carlos Carderera, Madrid, Spain Galería José De La Mano, Madrid, Spain June 3, 2019: the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Carlo Maratti (Italian, 1625–1713)
- Date
- c. 1670–89
- Medium
- red chalk on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 38.7 x 25.7 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Accession no.
- 2019.74
More by Carlo Maratti in museum collections
Open-access museum record · AT-00011266
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