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The Fall of Simon Magus
The Cleveland Museum of Art · John L. Severance Fund
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The Fall of Simon Magus

c. 1745–50
Pompeo Batoni (Italian, 1708–1787) visual detail
ArtistPompeo Batoni (Italian, 1708–1787)
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Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Framed: 207 x 133 x 10.5 cm (81 1/2 x 52 3/8 x 4 1/8 in.); Unframed: 183 x 108 cm (72 1/16 x 42 1/2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Style
P - Italian 18th Century
Origin
Italy, 18th century
Institution
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund

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Provenance

Public
Provenance event

Earl of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers (1838, sale 1857 as Subleyras), sold, 1983.

Provenance event

Somerville & Simpson (London, England), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1983.

Source provenance text

Earl of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers (1838, sale 1857 as Subleyras), sold, 1983. Somerville & Simpson (London, England), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1983.

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Exhibitions

Public
The Year in Review for 1983

Source exhibition text

The Year in Review for 1983. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984). Collecting Drawings in England. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) ( November 3, 1987-January 17, 1988).

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Sourced Overview Evidence

Saints Peter and Paul came to Rome to win converts to Christianity soon after Christ’s death, while Simon Magus, claiming to be the son of God, attempted to prove his divinity by flying. Due to Saint Peter’s prayers, the demons supporting Simon abandoned him and he plummeted to his death. This work is probably a studio copy after a lost oil sketch for a huge altarpiece commissioned in 1746 for Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. Because of the humidity in Saint Peter’s, which quickly ruined paintings, the work was to have been translated into a massive mosaic. However, for reasons that remain unclear, Batoni’s mosaic was never created.

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Evidence state

0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 2 structured provenance events · 1 structured exhibitions.

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