St Christina of Bolsena
Carlo Dolci
- Art Funded
- 2004
- Dimensions
- Diameter 28.5 cm
- Vendor
- Scarsdale family
Head and shoulders depiction of the Saint as a young woman with arrow piercing her neck, in integral Quattrocentro-style circular frame.
Her vita relates that she was the daughter of a noble pagan family, and having survived numerous attempts to put her to death for her obstinate adherence to Christ, she was shot with arrows.
Provenance
William Kent; Langford's, London, 1757/8; Sir Nathaniel Curzon, later 5th Bt. and Baron Scarsdale; Scarsdale family by descent.