Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2019.

Olindo and Sophronia Rescued by Clorinda

Artist Paolo de Matteis (Italian, 1662-1728)

CultureItalian

Dateca. 1690-1695

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsOverall: 71 3/8 x 92 3/8 in. (181.3 x 234.6 cm)

InscribedSigned and dated lower right: "PAOLUS DE MATHEIS F 169[]"

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.540

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 204

DescriptionThis is an oil on canvas painting. Two figures, Olindo and Sophronia, are bound together about to be burned on the pyre. A swarm of people surround them. They are saved when Clorinda, in the top right corner of the painting, comes to rescue them.

Label TextPaolo de Matteis Italian, 1662-1728 Olindo and Sophronia Rescued by Clorinda, ca. 1690-95 Oil on canvas, 71-3/8" x 92-3/8" Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., 71.540 ProvenanceTalbot Collection, Margam, Glamorganshire, Wales; Messrs. Thos. Agnew and Sons, Ltd., London, 1959; Leger Gallery, London, 1962; Central Picture Galleries, New York, 1969; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. Exhibition History"A Taste for Angels: Neapolitan Painting in North America 1650-1750," 1987-1988: Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City. (Exhib. cat. no. 28). Published References"Notable Works of Art Now on the Market," suppl. _Burlington Magazine_. in 101 (1959) and 104, pl. VIII (1962). Not paged. A. Pigler. _Barockthemen_. II. Budapest. 1974: p. 455. Eric M. Zafran. "Treasures from Storage Now on Display." _Chrysler Museum at Norfolk Bulletin_. Vol. 7, no. 5. Norfolk: Chrysler Museum. 05/1978: cover story. Thomas W. Sokolowski. "The Chrysler Collection: In Depth: Olinda and Sophronia Rescued by Clorinda." _The Chrysler Museum Bulletin_. Vol. 12, no. 9. Norfolk: Chrysler Museum. 09/1982. Illustrated on the inside of the cover. Exhibition catalog. _A Taste For Angels: Neapolitan Painting in North America 1650-1750_. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987-1988. No. 28. Jefferson C. Harrison. _The Chrysler Museum Handbook of the European and American Collections: Selected Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings_. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, 1991, p. 59, #44.