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Summary
Pompeo Batoni: The Fall of Simon Magus
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| Artist |
Pompeo Batoni |
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| Title |
The Fall of Simon Magus |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
Saints Peter and Paul came to Rome to win converts to Christianity soon after Christ’s death, while Simon Magus, claiming to be the son of God, attempted to prove his divinity by flying. Due to Saint Peter’s prayers, the demons supporting Simon abandoned him and he plummeted to his death.This work is probably a studio copy after a lost oil sketch for a huge altarpiece commissioned in 1746 for Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. Because of the humidity in Saint Peter’s, which quickly ruined paintings, the work was to have been translated into a massive mosaic. However, for reasons that remain unclear, Batoni’s mosaic was never created. |
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| Date | between circa 1745 and circa 1750 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on canvas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Framed: 207 x 133 x 10.5 cm (81 1/2 x 52 3/8 x 4 1/8 in.); Unframed: 183 x 108 cm (72 1/16 x 42 1/2 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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European Painting and Sculpture |
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| Accession number |
1983.217 |
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| Place of creation | Italy, 18th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | John L. Severance Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.217  |
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| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.217 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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