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Pietro Novelli

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/chndm_1938-88-8324
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Pietro Novelli was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Palermo. Also known as il Monrealese or Pietro "Malta" Novelli to distinguish him from his father, Pietro Antonio Novelli. He was also nicknamed by contemporaries as the Raphael of Sicily.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (16)

Faith Overcoming Heresy (recto); Tracing after Faith Overcoming Heresy (verso)

1779 · Pen and black ink, watercolor, and brush and gray wash, with traces of black chalk (recto), and graphite (verso), on ivory laid paper

54.2 × 39.5 cm (21 3/8 × 15 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Saint John the Evangelist (?)

1745 · Pen and dark brown ink

14 15/16 x 10 5/8 in. (38 x 27 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Allegorical Figure of a Woman

1742 · Pen and light brown wash, heightened with white, on paper covered with light brown wash

13 x 7 1/16 in. (33 x 18 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hoofd van een vrouw

1739 · pen on paper, ink

height: 104 cm, width: 82 cm

Rijksmuseum

Hoofd van een Oosterling

1739 · pen on paper, ink

width: 135 cm, height: 187 cm

Rijksmuseum

Hoofd van een gorgon en een sater

1739 · brush on ink, paper, deck paint

height: 186 cm, width: 285 cm

Rijksmuseum

Staande Christus als Man van Smarten

1739 · brush on ink, paper

width: 150 cm, height: 233 cm

Rijksmuseum

Design for a Trade Card

1736 · Pen and brown ink, gray wash

8 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. (22.5 x 15.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Bearded Monk Showing a Portable Altar to a Praying Child, with an Old Woman Kneeling

1736 · Pen and brown ink, wash

10 1/4 x 7 11/16 in. (26 x 19.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Half-Length Study for a Portrait of a Young Man

1736 · Pen and brown ink, gray wash, with touches of pink and blue in the face

6 9/16 x 4 5/8 in. (16.7 x 11.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Seated Slave

1736 · Pen and black ink, gray wash, over black chalk

18 1/8 x 12 3/16 in. (46 x 31 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Interceding with Christ and Madonna for Souls in Limbo

1716 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and blue-gray wash, with traces of graphite on ivory laid paper

35.5 × 24.9 cm (14 × 9 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Allegory in Honor of Grand Duke Gian-Gastone de' Medici

1700 · Pen and brown ink, with traces of brush and brown ink, over black chalk on ivory laid paper

35.6 × 26.1 cm (14 1/16 × 10 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Saint Peter

1623 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and blue and brown wash, on tan laid paper

15.8 × 10 cm (6 1/4 × 3 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sheet with Figure Studies (double sided)

1615 · Pen and brown ink

sheet: 8 7/8 x 12 in. (22.6 x 30.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saint Appearing to Ruler (recto); Flying Putto (verso)

1600 · Pen and brown ink, over red chalk, on cream laid paper

40.9 × 31.5 cm (16 1/8 × 12 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (3)

16 published of 17 catalogued · 16 with image

The Met
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Art Institute Chicago
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Rijksmuseum
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4 entries · 1 sources

Staande Christus als Man van Smarten
1739 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Hoofd van een gorgon en een sater
1739 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Hoofd van een Oosterling
1739 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Hoofd van een vrouw
1739 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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