Holy Family with Saints
Medium
Pen and black ink, with brush and brown wash, and black chalk, on ivory laid paper, tipped on brownish-tan wove paper
Dimensions
20.2 × 27.4 cm (8 × 10 13/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
85275
Art Historical Context
Francesco Solimena’s *Holy Family with Saints* is a delicate work on paper that captures a timeless religious subject through layered drawing techniques. Created with pen and black ink, brush and brown wash, and black chalk on ivory laid paper, the drawing measures just 20.2 by 27.4 centimeters. These combined media allow the artist to achieve both precise linear definition and soft tonal modeling, giving the figures a sense of volume and gentle movement within a compact format. The artwork’s presentation—tipped onto a secondary sheet of brownish-tan wove paper—reflects traditional methods of...
About the Artist
Francesco Solimena · 1657–1747
Comment on works: History; Religious