Lot Essay
Similar sheets related to pictures by the artist were exhibited in the Palazzo De Vio, Gaeta, Sebastiano Conca, 1981, nos. 13c-d, 64c, 65c and figs. 1-8.
The subject is taken from Ludovico Ariosto's Gerusalemme Liberata: Sofronia and her lover Olindo were condemned to the stake for having removed from a mosque a statue of the Virgin confiscated by the Muslims. The Amazon Clorinda asked King Aladin to free them in exchange for her help in fighting the Christians.
Although mainly active in Rome, Conca was a pupil of Solimena, whose style influenced Conca throughout his career.
The subject is taken from Ludovico Ariosto's Gerusalemme Liberata: Sofronia and her lover Olindo were condemned to the stake for having removed from a mosque a statue of the Virgin confiscated by the Muslims. The Amazon Clorinda asked King Aladin to free them in exchange for her help in fighting the Christians.
Although mainly active in Rome, Conca was a pupil of Solimena, whose style influenced Conca throughout his career.