San Sebastian by Francesco Curradi Oil on Canvas Italy XVII Century - San Sebastian
Features
San Sebastian
Artist: Francesco Curradi (1570-1661)
Artwork title: San Sebastiano
Age: 17th Century / 1601 - 1700
Subject: Figures of Saints
Origin: Italy
Artistic technique: Painting
Technical specification: Oil on Canvas
Description : San Sebastiano
Oil on canvas. The beautiful painting shows the face of St. Sebastian, depicted up below the shoulders, from one of which, uncovered, a crossbow arrow appears (the typology is recognizable by the type of arrow, dyed red). The painting was probably commissioned for devotional reasons: Sebastiano, a military saint, is the protector of soldiers but above all of archers and crossbowmen, and the choice to paint the small red arrow refers to the commissioning of a member of this military group. The work is accompanied by the expertise of the art historian Maurizio Marini, a specialist in Baroque painting and the art of Caravaggio. Marini considers this small portrait of the saint to be an autograph work of excellent technical-stylistic quality by the painter Francesco Curradi, considered one of the protagonists of the renewal of Florentine painting in the first half of the seventeenth century. Trained in the Florentine workshop of Giovan Battista Naldini, an eclectic and refined artist, Curradi surpassed the master by entering into a morphological and conceptual update and, freeing himself from the sentimental and religious limits of the Catholic Reform, he was able to acquire a remarkable psychological subtlety and an extreme pictorial quality. His qualities earned him many commissions and his works can be found in many churches and collections in the Umbrian and Tuscan countryside. Curradi had Cesare Dandini among his pupils, who, due to his refined features, often posed as a model for the works of the master, as would have happened for this San Sebastian. On the other hand, the same model, as well as other details, are found in other known works by Curradi, allowing a valid comparison. The painting has been restored and relined. It is presented in a frame from the first half of the 20th century.
Product Condition:
Product in good condition, with small signs of age.
Frame Size (cm):
Height: 51
Width: 41
Depth: 3,5
Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 42
Width: 32