Focus on Fall of Simon Magus (Pompeo Batoni) and explore the abstract.
The Fall of Simon Magus (Italian: Caduta di Simon Mago) is a late-Baroque painting by Pompeo Batoni, originally intended as the basis for a mosaic altarpiece in the Basilica of St Peter. The painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art is likely a studio copy of the original, which was displayed in the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Rome.
Cleveland Museum of Art Pompeo Batoni Baroque Simon Magus Santa Maria degli Angeli, Rome Rome Peter Basilica of St Peter