Lot Essay
Although unrelated to any known composition by Vaccaro the pose and handling of the present sketch are similar to that of the saint's head in the artist's Ecstasy of Saint Rosalia of c.1640 in the Prado
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Attributed to Andrea Vaccaro (1604-1670)
Saint John the Evangelist - a sketch
on paper laid down on canvas, oval, unframed
13¾ x 10 7/8in. (35 x 27.5cm.)
Saint John the Evangelist - a sketch
on paper laid down on canvas, oval, unframed
13¾ x 10 7/8in. (35 x 27.5cm.)