A black chalk and pen and wash preparatory drawing for the oil painting by Avellino in the nave of Santa Maria del Carmine, Sorrento, which is dated 1710. Annotated at bottom right 'Francesco Solimena'.

This drawing was catalogued by Anthony Blunt as being by Francesco Solimena, with whom Avellino trained, and for the ceiling of the sacristy of San Domenico, Naples. It was connected to Avellino's painting in Bernardo De Dominici, Vite de’Pittori, Scultori ed Architetti Napoletani, ed. by F. Sricchia Santoro and A. Zezza, vol. II (Napoli, 2008).