Information
oil on canvas
120 x 101 cm
120 x 101 cm
Provenance
Sotheby's auction, London, 8 May 1968, lot 33;
Christie's Auction London, 30 May 1980, lot 121;
Sotheby's London Auction, 01 November 2001, lot 30;
Auction Nagel Auktionen, Stuttgart, 22 June 2001, lot 860 (as Spanische Meister);
Enrico Lumina Old Master Paintings, Bergamo;
private collection, Naples.
Christie's Auction London, 30 May 1980, lot 121;
Sotheby's London Auction, 01 November 2001, lot 30;
Auction Nagel Auktionen, Stuttgart, 22 June 2001, lot 860 (as Spanische Meister);
Enrico Lumina Old Master Paintings, Bergamo;
private collection, Naples.
Literature
A. Della Ragione, Pacecco de Rosa, Opera completa, Napoli 2005, fig. 12 p.4;
V. Pacelli, Giovan Francesco de Rosa detto Pacecco de Rosa 1607-1656, Napoli 2008, cat. 12 p. 283 (come Filippo Vitale o Pacecco).
V. Pacelli, Giovan Francesco de Rosa detto Pacecco de Rosa 1607-1656, Napoli 2008, cat. 12 p. 283 (come Filippo Vitale o Pacecco).
The painting, datable to the 1630s, finds close comparisons with other works by Pacecco, also executed in collaboration with his stepfather Filippo Vitale: see for example the San Nicola di Bari preserved in the small sacristy of the Certosa di San Martino in Naples, where we find the same figure of the boy, and the other depictions of San Biagio drawn by the painter in those years, in particular the one in Naples, Church of Sant'Anna di Palazzo. In the painting offered in this lot, as in the works cited, Pacecco's stylistic figure is recognizable, in which the strong chiaroscuro contrasts of naturalistic and Caravaggio-esque matrix are combined with the richness of the fabrics and precious details, enhanced by bright and enameled colors.
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