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Sebastiano Ricci

Study for "An Apotheosis of a Saint" (for San Bernardino dei Morti, Milan)

c. 1695
oil on canvas
78.5 × 62.8 cm (30.9 × 24.7 in)

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

This sketch represents an apotheosis, or a rise to heaven, of a saint. However, the precise identity of the figure remains unknown, since documents describing the commission have not yet been discovered, and the military costume does not sufficiently distinguish him.

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