Christ in Glory with Saints Celsus, Julian, Marcionilla and Basilissa
1736–1737
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 64 × 34.9 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-136144
In the upper half of this oil study, Christ is depicted in glory surrounded by adoring angels. Looking up at him are four martyr saints: Saints Celsus, Marcionilla, Julian, and Basilissa. Pompeo Batoni made this sketch when he was only twenty-eight, in preparation for his first important commission in Rome. He was commissioned to create a life-size altarpiece that still hangs in the the church of Saints Celsus and Julian today.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- 1736–1737 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum
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