Francesco Guarino da Solofra
Saint Barbara

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Artist Francesco Guarino da Solofra (Italian, 1611–1654)Italian, 1611–1654

CultureItalian

Titles

Saint Barbara

Datec. 1635

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 47 3/4 × 37 1/2 in. (121.3 × 95.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Anne Morey

Object number2022.225

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceCharles Alfred Worsley Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough; [Durlacher Brothers, 1930, London]; Kirk Askew, since 1930's, New York; Constance Atwood Askew by inheritance, since 1970's, New York; Pamela Askew by inheritance, since 1980's, Poughkeepsie, New York; Anne Morey by inheritance, 2006, College Station, TX; given to MFAH, 2022.
Exhibition HistoryThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. On-loan and exhibited, 1946.

"Italian Baroque Painting, 17th and 18th centuries," California Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1941.

"Italian Paintings and Drawings of the Seventeenth Century," Durlacher Brothers Gallery, New York, 1932.

"Exhibition of Italian Painting of the Sei- and Settecento," Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, 1930.
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Catalogue raisonnéLattuada, Riccardo. Francesco Guarino da Solofra: nella pittura napoletana del Seicento (1611-1651). Naples: Paparo Edizioni, 2000, pp. 174-176.

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