Michele Rocca* (1670-1751)
Michele Rocca* (1670-1751)

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Michele Rocca* (1670-1751)

Saint Cecilia

oil on canvas--unframed
18¾ x 14 1/8in. (47.6 x 36cm.)

Lot Essay

Rocca treated the present subject on a number of occasions, including that in the Accademia di San Luca, Rome. A further version in The John and Mable Ringling Museum, Sarasota, Florida, Inv. no. SN 167, is datable to circa 1715-20 (see P. Tomari, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, 1976, no. 147, p.139).