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17th CENTURY ITALIAN OLD MASTER OIL ON CANVAS - PORTRAIT STUDY OF SAINT JEROME

$ 594.0

  • Artist: circle Mattia PRETI
  • Color: Brown
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
  • Culture: Italy
  • Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
  • Framing: Unframed
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Item Height: 11 in
  • Item Length: /
  • Item Width: 8 in
  • Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
  • Material: Oil, Canvas
  • Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
  • Period: Baroque/Roccoco (1600-1770)
  • Production Technique: Oil Painting
  • Region of Origin: Europe
  • Seller Notes: “Oil on canvas relined on canvas with some lack of pictorial layers, scratches, see photos”
  • Signed: No
  • Size: Small (up to 12in.)
  • Style: Ancient Art
  • Subject: Men, Religious, Saint Jerome
  • Theme: Art, Portrait, Religious
  • Time Period Produced: Pre-1700
  • Title: Saint JEROME in meditation
  • Type: Painting
  • Unit of Sale: Single-Piece Work
  • Year of Production: around 1700

Description

A rt S tory Fine Art 17th CENTURY ITALIAN OLD MASTER OIL ON CANVAS " PORTRAIT STUDY OF SAINT JEROME IN MEDITATION " Old painting from the 17th century in the entourage of Mattia PRETI (1613-1699) is an Italian painter of the Neapolitan school, who was also very active in Malta. This painter, was extremely famous in his time. He was born in the small town of Taverna in Calabria, hence his nickname " il Cavaliere Calabre se". Note : Saint Jerome lived between the 4th and the 5th century. Our painting represents him according to the iconography of the hermit in the desert, naked, his gaze turned to God. Title: " Saint Jerome in meditation " Provenance: Private french collection Material : Oil on canvas relined on canvas Size painting : 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches unframed Condition: S ome lack of pictorial layers, scratches, s ee photos