In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
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.
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Francesco Trevisani (Italian, 1656–1746) — Presentation Sket
Sebastiano Ricci — The Holy Family with Angels
Carlo Maratti — The Flight into Egypt
Giulio Cesare Procaccini — The Ecstasy of the Magdalen
Bartholomeus Spranger — Engelen dragen het lichaam van Chris
Gaetano Gandolfi (Italian, 1734–1802) — The Holy Family
Raffaello Vanni — The Holy Family
Bernardo Cavallino (Italian, 1616–1656) — Adoration of the S
Luca Giordano — The Annunciation
Pompeo Batoni — Christ in Glory with Saints Celsus, Julian, 
Lodovico Carracci — The Dream of Saint Catherine of Alexandr
Giovanni Battista Pittoni (Italian, 1687–1767) — Saints Pres
