Giovanni Francesco Romanelli copy from - Santa Cecilia

Features

Artist:  Giovanni Francesco Romanelli (1610-1662) Copy from 

Artwork title:  Santa Cecilia

Age:  18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Subject:  Figures of Saints

Origin:  Italy

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description : Santa Cecilia

Oil painting on canvas. It is a copy of the famous painting by Giovanni Francesco Romanelli, kept in the Capodimonte museum in Naples, and erroneously named after the Cumaean Sibyl. Instead, it is a portrait of the young Saint Cecilia, a Roman noble of the II-III century AD, converted to Christianity and died a martyr. The young woman is depicted sitting, pointing with her hand at the book she holds open in her lap, on which stand out the Latin words "Ut non confundar" ("So that I am not confused"), words that refer to the text of a antiphon of the Office proper to the Saint which quotes "Cantantibus organis, Cecilia virgo in corde sua soli Domino decantabat dicens: fiat Domine cor meum et corpus meum inmaculatum ut non confundar (" While the organs were playing, the virgin Cecilia sang in her heart only for the Lord, saying: Lord, my heart and my body are immaculate so that I am not confused "). In the 15th century, the saint began to be portrayed singing with the accompaniment of a small organ (for the reference to the instruments in the same liturgical passage), and this ultimately led to the attribution to Cecilia of the attribute of patroness of music. And.

Product Condition:
Product in fair condition showing some signs of wear.

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 44
Width: 37,5
Depth: 2