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DiaporamaDiego Pignatelli d'Aragona (1687–1750) and an Enslaved African Servant
1732
59.0 x 46.0 cm
Francesco Solimena (1657 – 1747)
Francesco Solimena (1657-1747): Explore the dramatic Baroque frescoes & altarpieces of this Neapolitan master. Discover his masterful use of light, shadow, and classical influence – a key figure in 18th-century Italian art.
Diego Pignatelli, Duke of Terranova and a prince of the Holy Roman Empire, would have approved this small oil sketch before Solimena, the leading painter of eighteenth-century Naples, began the final portrait in life-size. The commission was probably prompted by Pignatelli’s elevation in 1731 to the Order of the Golden Fleece, whose robes and collar he proudly wears. In the seventeenth century, Van Dyck had popularized the grand, full-length format of a regal European accompanied by an exoticized, typically enslaved, African attendant.
About this artwork
- Title: Diego Pignatelli d'Aragona (1687–1750) and an Enslaved African Servant
- Artist: Francesco Solimena
- Year: 1732
- Original dimensions: 59.0 x 46.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Color palette: Earthy
- Main color: Black
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