Christ Healing the Blind
Artist
Domenico Fiasella
(Italian, 1589-1669)
Datec. 1615
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsImage: 109 5/8 × 71 7/8 in. (278.4 × 182.6 cm)
Frame (Confirmed): 121 5/16 × 84 3/4 × 4 1/2 in., 210 lb. (308.1 × 215.3 × 11.5 cm, 95.3 kg)
Frame (Confirmed): 121 5/16 × 84 3/4 × 4 1/2 in., 210 lb. (308.1 × 215.3 × 11.5 cm, 95.3 kg)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN113
Domenico Fiasella trained in Rome and moved in the orbit of some of the leading painters of his day. The Marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani, a prominent Roman patron and collector, owned this work and Christ Raising the Son of the Widow of Nain, both of which depict scenes from the Gospel of Luke. The figures exhibit a sculptural volume when seen from a 45-degree angle, suggesting that they were meant to be viewed from the side. The artist may have been inspired by Caravaggio's famous altarpieces painted for chapels in San Luigi dei Francesi and Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome in the early 1600s, which displayed such an optical distortion.
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