Study for a fresco for the hall of the Senate, Genova: The relics of St. John Baptist are brought to Genova
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1715
name: label: Attributed to
content: Francesco Solimena, Italian, 1657–1747
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: At right the dock with ships. At left, a procession headed by the archbishop and the doge. In the foreground left, people around a fountain; right: captives are driven away and good unloaded. The bearers of the bier are still under a canopy on the ship in the center.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-7279
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and gray wash, pen and ink, over graphite on paper.
label: Dimensions
content: 25.4 x 48.2 cm (10 x 19 in.)