Anonymous Italian (Venice?)

MARTYRDOM OF A SAINT

SN 897, oil on canvas, early 18th C.

From "The Pages".

ARTIST:
A former attribution to Amiconi has been discarded. Now thought that it is possibly by Andrea Celesti (1637-1712), a minor artist active at the turn of the century.

SUBJECT:
A female saint awaits the sword which will bring her a martyr’s death. Above her head an angel awaits.

PAINTING:
Museum purchase in 1972.

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