Paintings Collection

Bolognese Artist (c.1750)

A saintly Cleric with a Crucifix

A258; oil on canvas; 29 x 22 cm

Bequeathed by Revd Greville John Chester, 1892; WA1892.3

The cleric holds a crucifix, with an open book before him; he has no halo, but heavenly light is evoked on the left, so that he may have been a recently beatified or venerable priest. A plausible attribution has recently been suggested to Antonio Crespi (1712-81).

Information derived from the The Ashmolean Museum index.php/complete Illustrated Catalogue of Paintings.