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Ancient Painting P.F. Mola Attr. The Preaching of St. John '600
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Ancient Painting P.F. Mola Attr. The Preaching of St. John '600

The Preaching of St. John Baptist

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Ancient Painting P.F. Mola Attr. The Preaching of St. John '600

The Preaching of St. John Baptist

Oil painting on canvas. The painting can be traced back to the sphere of Pier Francesco Mola, known as il Ticinese, a painter active in Italy in the 17th century whose production included at least two canvases with the same subject (at the National Gallery in London and at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Foundation in Lugano ). In these works by Mola, until then predominantly a landscape painter, the human figure began to take on a primary role with respect to the landscape, but the attention to the naturalistic element always remained alive throughout the production of this artist, who always sought a right relationship between the figures and the background. This balance is found in the work presented here: the figures are placed within the landscape, well distributed in spaces and on different levels of depth, and interacting with the naturalistic elements. The figure of the Baptist is sitting on an isolated and barren rock; the crowd listening to the Prophet, arranged in a semicircle in the foreground, from behind or in profile, almost blends in with some barren trees and the sparse and poor vegetation around; in the distance, on the right and indicated by the Baptist, Christ advances, a shaded and blue figure in the equally shaded and blue landscape. Restored and relined at the end of the 19th century, the painting is presented in a gilded frame from the second half of the 19th century.

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Ancient Painting Female Head A. Del Sarto Attr. Tempera on Wood
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Ancient Painting Female Head A. Del Sarto Attr. Tempera on Wood

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Ancient Painting Female Head A. Del Sarto Attr. Tempera on Wood

Tempera on wood depicting a half-length female figure; she wears a red dress over a light-colored tunic, while a green cloth rests on her right shoulder. The red hair is gathered in a central parting and is partly covered by a white headdress; the full face has an absorbed expression: the pensive gaze, the arched eyebrows and the slightly furrowed lips. Presented in a frame made with parts of an ancient frame of larger size.

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Hieronymus III Francken (1611-1661) The denial of Peter
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Hieronymus III Francken (1611-1661) The denial of Peter

The denial of Peter

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Hieronymus III Francken (1611-1661) The denial of Peter

The denial of Peter

Oil on oak board, coming from an important historical Florentine collection. The collection started by an ancestor of the family who was in Vienna in 1798 and then in Wurzburg until 1813, as a companion of exile of the Grand Duke of Tuscany Ferdinand III. The collection was transferred to Florence after the fall of Napoleon, and its importance is proved by a copy of an inventory compiled in 1881. At number 14 of it (corresponding to the one shown on the cartouche at the back of the table), the compiler's description:...a two feet and four and a half inches long wooden footboard, and one foot and eight and a half-inch high, representing Peter who denies Jesus Christ to the maiden in Anna's house. We see the Savior from far away carried to that pontiff to be examined, in the midst of a crowd and a quantity of soldiers. In the 1960s, an initial attribution to Bruegel was denied and relocated to Francken. The composition was obviously successful because other versions of the workshop were known (see for example, an oil on copper with identical subject and dimensions in the Koller auction on 18/09/2015). Presented in a refurbished frame.

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Ancient Painting Biblical Scene Susanna and the Elders '600 Canvas
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Ancient Painting Biblical Scene Susanna and the Elders '600 Canvas

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Ancient Painting Biblical Scene Susanna and the Elders '600 Canvas

Oil painting on canvas. Italian school of the 17th century. A biblical episode from the Old Testament is depicted: Susanna, the beautiful and chaste wife of Joachim, a rich Jew, is threatened by two elderly judges of the people while she takes a bath in her garden. The subject has been widely covered in art. In this painting, the beautiful Israelite occupies the center of the scene: placed outdoors near a fountain, on the left, adorned with the statue of a cherub riding a large fish, in Baroque style, the young woman expresses fear, in her gaze and in the gesture of the arm that tries to cover the nakedness. On the right emerge the two old men, with lascivious looks: one of the two asks the woman for silence with one hand, with the other he offers her a rich diadem with which he tries to buy her. The painting is lively in its figurative composition, with beautiful luminous effects in the colors of the complexion and clothes, with attention to detail in the description of the jewels in particular (the tiara and the girl's hair clip). The two men have faces tending towards the grotesque, in the expression well marked by wrinkles, large noses, large eyes. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in a gilded frame from the early 1900s.

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Ancient Painting Biblical Scene Moses Rescued from the Water '600
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Ancient Painting Biblical Scene Moses Rescued from the Water '600

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Ancient Painting Biblical Scene Moses Rescued from the Water '600

Oil painting on canvas. The scene tells the biblical episode of the book of Exodus in which little Moses, whom his mother had entrusted to the river inside a basket to save him from the massacre of the Israeli male children (ordered by the Pharaoh of Egypt to prevent the Israeli population became too numerous and could rebel against slavery), he was found by a handmaid of Pharaoh's daughter, who decided to adopt him and saved him. The scene, set along the river, is entirely occupied by the female figures of the princely retinue, crowded together and projected towards the bottom right corner where the basket with the newborn is placed. All eyes are also turned towards the child, in the direction indicated by the outstretched arm of the woman in the foreground on the right. The roundness of the female forms stands out, especially of the three figures in the foreground, where plays of light and shadow highlight the complexions that emerge from the clothes. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in a frame.

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Ancient Painting Historic Scene '600-'700 Oil on Canvas
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Ancient Painting Historic Scene '600-'700 Oil on Canvas

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Ancient Painting Historic Scene '600-'700 Oil on Canvas

Oil painting on canvas. Southern Italian school of the 17th-18th centuries. The scene, full of characters, sees the figure of a leader standing at the centre, well defined in the details of the armour, the crest, as well as the anatomy: he is benevolently accompanying with the movement of his arms a kneeling man who, together to his companion, he is paying homage to an emperor, however indicating with his outstretched hand the group of six children, held back on the right by soldiers. The emperor has risen from the throne, on the left, and goes to meet the prostrate couple, but he too seems almost in an attitude of reverence towards the central leader. The scene seems to refer to a historical episode of clemency of a leader, who due to his age, features and type of armour, could be Alexander the Great, a character who, however, is difficult to match with the other figure crowned with laurel, who descends from the throne in the sumptuous palace . It is therefore not possible to specifically identify the episode (historical or legendary?) of reference. Furthermore, the compositional richness of the scene is appreciated, with numerous well-detailed figures and bright colors to underline its dynamism. The work, restored and relined, is presented in an antique frame.

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Ancient Painting Philip Peter Roos Hunting Scene '700 Canvas
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Ancient Painting Philip Peter Roos Hunting Scene '700 Canvas

Hunting Scene

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Ancient Painting Philip Peter Roos Hunting Scene '700 Canvas

Hunting Scene

Oil on canvas. Northern European school of the 18th century. The large scene, set in a Nordic landscape, with thick vegetation under impervious blue peaks, represents the culminating moment of a hunt for a fawn: the knight, who occupies the upper part of the scene, is spearing the prey, terrified and broken down in agony; all around the pack of dogs participates, running around the rider and the prey. Among all, the dog in the center at the bottom stands out, the only one with light fur: the intense brightness that it emanates and which brings out the accurate design of its fur, the moving muscles, the exalted expression of the animal, makes it they make the protagonist of the scene, drawing the gaze towards themselves, while all the other figures, including the knight, become the outline, accurate and precise but not the protagonist. It is precisely the accuracy in painting the animals that places the work close to the production of Philip Peter Roos, known as Rosa da Tivoli: originally from Frankfurt but then moved to Rome, where he remained until his death, this artist was very active above all as a painter of animals, shot in the foreground against landscape backgrounds and executed with rich color and intense light effects. The great success he had and the consequent very large production (sometimes to the detriment of the quality of the works), justify the frequent attribution to this painter of works with a subject and pictorial technique close to his, such as the one presented here, which however is not documented and validated. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in a late 19th century frame.

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Moses And The Daughters Of Jethro Tempera On Paper Late 700 Early 800
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Moses And The Daughters Of Jethro Tempera On Paper Late 700 Early 800

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Moses And The Daughters Of Jethro Tempera On Paper Late 700 Early 800

Tempera on paper, applied to hardboard. The biblical episode depicted, described in the book of Exodus, tells how young Moses, still at the court of the Pharaoh of Egypt, defends the seven young daughters of the priest Jethro, harassed by some Midianite shepherds while they draw water from the well. After his intervention, Moses will receive in marriage one of Jethro's daughters, Zipporah. This subject is very popular in art history, it is presented here with a particular attention to the portrait component, with a particular exacerbation of the expressive traits, both in the faces and the poses of the characters. The scene is very lively, with the figure of Moses in the centre, vigorous and combative, who divides the field in two: on his left the seven girls, each characterized by a different behaviour; on the right the importuning shepherds, who suffer the wrath of Moses. In the background, a landscape typical of 18th century productions, with an architectural ruin behind the well. The work is presented in a frame in style.

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Saint Paul Hermit And Saint Anthony Abbot Oil On Canvas 17th Century
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Saint Paul Hermit And Saint Anthony Abbot Oil On Canvas 17th Century

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Saint Paul Hermit And Saint Anthony Abbot Oil On Canvas 17th Century

Oil on canvas. Lombard school. The painting portrays the two saints sitting on rocks in the shadows of leafy trees, while they break bread, in the foreground on the left; Saint Paul is traditionally dressed with animal skins, Saint Anthony Abbot is wearing the habit of the Order and he is holding a prayer book. The two Saints have often been represented together becasue they share many traits: they both lived in the third century, they are both Egyptian, they both left all of their properties very young to devote themselves to a life of complete solitude, living in prayer and poverty. Saint Anthony Abbot has been one of the most famous hermits in the history of the Church. Saint Paul the Hermit lived all of his life in complete solitude in the desert as well, fed only with the bread a raven would regularly bring to him, according to hagiographic narratives. When he was closer to death, Saint Anthony Abbot visited him, with whom he broke bread. In this representation, the landscape context doesn't remind of the desert lands of Egypt, but they are located in a Nordic or Alpine landscape. On the left, there is an eremitical landscape, with some green and a small stream bottom right. The painting, already restored and recanvased, presents evident craquelure. Frame in style.

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Allegoric Painting Cherubs' Game XVIII Century
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Allegoric Painting Cherubs' Game XVIII Century

Cherubs' Game

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Allegoric Painting Cherubs' Game XVIII Century

Cherubs' Game

Oil on canvas. In the depicting scene, three cherubs are play-acting: one of them is wearing a smiling mask and is trying to scare his mate, while the last one is dressed up like a pilgrim. 18th century.

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Ancient Painting Landscape with Ruins '700-'800 Oil on Canvas
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Ancient Painting Landscape with Ruins '700-'800 Oil on Canvas

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Ancient Painting Landscape with Ruins '700-'800 Oil on Canvas

Oil painting on canvas. On the back there is a scroll with an old attribution to Hubert Robert (1733 -1808), a French painter who traveled in Italy bringing back various picturesque views and glimpses, populated by architectural ruins. In this work, the glimpse of a hilly countryside is set in a village with farmhouses and a fountain in the centre, in the midst of which however there are also classical architectural ruins: in the center three columns of a temple, further on the left the ruins of an amphitheater. Several popular figurines wander among the structures. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in a frame.

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Fight In The Tavern Central European School Oil On Canvas 18th Century
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Fight In The Tavern Central European School Oil On Canvas 18th Century

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Fight In The Tavern Central European School Oil On Canvas 18th Century

Oil on canvas. Central European school. The scene, set inside a tavern, depicts a fight between two men, who are held by the other patrons and by the innkeeper; on the table, next to the interrupted lunch, the cards of the game that sparked the quarrel. The whole scene is filled with figures, painted in a raw and almost grotesque way, with very pronounced, almost theatrical expressions and poses, underlined even more by the bright colours. Due to these characteristics, the painting fits well into that production of genre scenes based on popular life captured in its most lively and characteristic moments, which started in the seventeenth century in Central Europe, especially in the Netherlands, to replace naturalistic and religious painting with lighter subjects, and which in Italy found a particular expression in the "Bamboccianti School", developed in Rome by Flemish and Italian painters. The painting has been restored and relined. It is presented in a period frame.

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Allegory Of Love Oil On Canvas Northern Europe 17th 18th Century
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Allegory Of Love Oil On Canvas Northern Europe 17th 18th Century

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Allegory Of Love Oil On Canvas Northern Europe 17th 18th Century

Oil on canvas. North-European School. This is a funny allegorical scene of profane love, that wants to prove how everyone, of any social class and every age, can fall into the trap of falling in love. The background of the canvas is occupied by an enormous keepnet, the basket net used in some kinds of fishing, above its opening sits a putto playing the violin; the keepnet is crowded with couples, while a parade of other couples walks in front of them to reach the entrance. Between them, there are couples of old and young people, rich and poor people, nobles, bourgeois and proletarians. Everyone has a content and light expression, they share looks of love or they benevolently look at the happiness of the others. Inside the keepnet, there is even a couple of royals, that correspond, for their features and clothing, to the Elector Palatine of Rhineland, John William of the Palatinate-Neuburg and his second wife Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici. On the back of the painting, there is a label bearing a historical attribution to Jan Frans Douven (1656-1727), the Dutch artist who moved to Düsseldorf in 1682 as the official painter at the Court of the Elector Palatine of Rhineland, mostly representing scenes of the daily life of the prince and his second wife. The label would confirm the scope of the attribution to an artist of the 17th-18th century in Northern Europe. The painting comes from a historical collection in Milan. It shows some traces of restorations and a patch. Frame in style.

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Portrait Of Bartolomeo De Olevano Oil On Canvas Second Half '500
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Portrait Of Bartolomeo De Olevano Oil On Canvas Second Half '500

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Portrait Of Bartolomeo De Olevano Oil On Canvas Second Half '500

Oil on canvas. Lombard School. It is the portrait of a man in armour standing proud, almost in motion, his hand sitting on the hilt of his sword; there is a coat of arms top left, a painted title block bottom right with a long Latin inscription, that identifies the man. He is Bartolomeo III Olevano, who belongs to the powerful noble family of the Olevano, feudal lords of many towns in the Pavia and Lomellina areas (where their castle still exists), who was very involved in the history of Pavia and its countryside until the 18th century. Bartolomeo III, born in 1512, had dedicated himself to the art of war for 40 years, carrying out numerous and highly honoured deeds, and was prefect of Mortara and Novara during the domination of Charles V, leader of soldiers and ambassador of Philip II. His most important achievements are summarised in the title block: a translation of the text is available. The coat of arms of the family has an olive tree on the left, from which the family took its name. The painting comes from an important historical Lombard family collection.

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Genre Scene At The Barbershop Central European School 18th Century
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Genre Scene At The Barbershop Central European School 18th Century

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Genre Scene At The Barbershop Central European School 18th Century

Oil on canvas. Central European School. The scene is set in the shop of a barber, who is intent on cutting a man's hair under the watchful eye of other customers and, above all, of some women with children, one of whom even observes the result of his work with glasses. Glasses were introduced in art first as a sign of distinction, and later also as a sign of scientific attention, progressively delineating the figure of the scholar, doctor and surgeon: in this painting, they actually underline the irony of the scene, and they are used as a tool for a close female examination of the spouse's haircut! The whole scene is filled with figures, painted in a crude and almost grotesque way, with very marked, almost theatrical expressions and poses, underlined as well by the bright colours. Due to these characteristics, the painting fits well into that production of genre scenes based on popular life captured in its most lively and characteristic moments, which originated in the seventeenth century in Central Europe, especially in the Netherlands, to replace naturalistic and religious painting with lighter subjects, and which in Italy found a particular expression in the "Bamboccianti School", developed in Rome by Flemish and Italian painters. The painting has been restored and relined. It is presented in an antique frame.

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Pair of Paintings on Leather 18th Century
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Pair of Paintings on Leather 18th Century

Gallant Scene and Bucolic Scene

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Pair of Paintings on Leather 18th Century

Gallant Scene and Bucolic Scene

Matching paintings on leather representing a gallant scene and a bucolic scene. Styled frames.

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Pair of Still Life Paintings with Flowers
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Pair of Still Life Paintings with Flowers

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Pair of Still Life Paintings with Flowers

Oil painting on canvas. Northern Italian school of the 18th century. The two lively compositions of variegated flowers are placed one in a copper basin, the other in a basket; they are made with different flowers in the two canvases, although in both they are multicoloured, standing out well against the dark and dark background. Restored and relined, the two paintings are presented in stylish frames.

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Ancient Painting Late XVIII Century Ester Near Ahasuerus Oil on Canvas
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Ancient Painting Late XVIII Century Ester Near Ahasuerus Oil on Canvas

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Ancient Painting Late XVIII Century Ester Near Ahasuerus Oil on Canvas

Oil painting on canvas. Central European school of the late 18th century. The scene recounts a biblical episode widely reproduced in pictorial art, taken from the book of Esther: the young Israelite, who for her beauty had been chosen as a bride by King Ahasuerus (probably the Persian Xerxes), intercedes with the king himself to save his people, threatened with extermination and victims of a plot by the evil advisor Aman. The work depicts Queen Esther while, accompanied by her retinue, in all her splendor she is welcomed benevolently by the king, who supports her in the face of the faintness to which she is subjected due to fear, while he denounces and unmasks, by indicating it, the plots of the perfidious Haman who retreats in fear. The painting is presented in a period frame.

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Ancient Painting The Virgin Mary of St. Jerome Oil on Canvas '600
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Ancient Painting The Virgin Mary of St. Jerome Oil on Canvas '600

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Ancient Painting The Virgin Mary of St. Jerome Oil on Canvas '600

Oil painting on canvas. Emilian school of the 17th-18th century. This is an ancient copy of the famous panel painting by Correggio, entitled The Madonna of San Girolamo or Il Giorno, dating back to around 1528 and preserved today in the National Gallery of Parma. The subject of the representation is Saint Jerome's presentation to Jesus of the translation of the Bible from Hebrew into popular Latin, a work carried out by the saint at the request of Pope Damasus and which he accomplished by locking himself up in solitude in the Bethlehem cave. In the painting, the centrality of the scene is occupied by Mary sitting with the Baby Jesus in her arms. Various figures are composed around them in a semicircle. On the left is the powerful figure of old Jerome standing, looking at the Child, while clutching the translation scroll in his hand, with the lion, his hermit companion, crouched at his feet. On the same side, an angel holds the Bible while smilingly addressing the Madonna and Child. On the other side, Magdalene lies semi-reclining, affectionately embracing the baby's foot, who in turn caresses her hair, in an intimate gesture that underlines the intense bond between the two figures. Behind Magdalene, a little angel wrinkles his nose sniffing the penitent saint's jar of ointments. The scene is placed under a red curtain, open onto a large landscape. Correggio's painting was widely successful, so much so that numerous copies and ancient replicas exist, including this one presented here. The work, restored and relined, is presented in an ancient contemporary frame.

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Ancient Painting '600-'700 The Penitent Magdalene Oil on Canvas
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Ancient Painting '600-'700 The Penitent Magdalene Oil on Canvas

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Ancient Painting '600-'700 The Penitent Magdalene Oil on Canvas

Oil painting on canvas. Italian school of the 17th-18th centuries. Magdalene is depicted inside a cave, stretched out on the ground in a pose of soft abandon, partially covered by a white cloth and with her long loose hair covering her bare breasts, arranged almost to form an embroidery on her body; the saint is reading the Bible and holds a Cross with her hand resting on a skull, the traditional Memento mori. Around her, three little angels assist her, one holding the jar of ointment, the other arranging her hair, the third covering her feet with the white cloth. The sacredness of the scene mixes with the sensuality that Magdalene exudes, enhanced by the play of lights and shadows that highlight her body and the complexions of the little angels. Restored and relined, the painting shows traces of an ancient patch in the upper right corner, made with another canvas (probably because the original canvas had been inserted in an irregular space).

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