Angelo de Rubeis, or Angelo de Rossi, as he is also known, was a sculptor whose oeuvre is only slowly being distinguished from his contemporaries in late 16th century Venice and its cultural satellites. Despite his relatively recent anonymity, however, he was obviously an important and accomplished artist, as is evident from the signed figures of SS. John and George in the church of S. Giorgio, Verona (Illustrated in Avery, op.cit., p. 57). The present bronze, in terms of its subject and facture, corresponds well with what is known about de Rubeis, particularly the early years of his career when he appears to have been more heavily under the influence of the local artistic tradition. Another version of this bronze, also attributed to de Rubeis, is to be found in the Louvre, Paris (Gibbon, loc.cit.).