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Apotheosis of a Saint (recto); Architectural Sketch(?) (verso)
Also known as: A Saint in Ecstasy
Provenance
Robert von Hirsch, Basel (according to departmental card); sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 18 June 1952, p. 5, no. 21 (sale catalogue); [Herbert N. Bier, London] (departmental card)
Exhibition history
Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 11-September 10, 1963). Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-September 9, 1965). Baroque Imagery. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 6, 1984-January 6, 1985). Drawings: Discoveries in the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 7-October 28, 1990).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Giovanni Battista Benaschi (Italian, 1636–1688)
- Date
- second half 17th century
- Medium
- black chalk with brush and brown wash; divided into eighths with ruled black chalk
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 35.3 x 35.3 cm (13 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Accession no.
- 1953.262
More by Giovanni Battista Benaschi 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-00011843
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