SOLIMENA, Francesco
(b. 1657, Nocera dei Pagani, d. 1743, Barra)

The Martyrdom of Sts Placidus and Flavia

1697-1708
Oil on canvas, 75 x 133 cm
Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest

This is a preparatory sketch for the paintings of the Benedictine abbey at Montecassino, painted between 1700 and 1702; destroyed in World War II.