Italian School (first half of the 16th century)

Saint Paul

Details

Italian School (first half of the 16th century)
Saint Paul
inscribed on a label on the reverse, in an old German hand: 'Aniemolo Antonius Kloster zu Palermo 1542'
oil on panel
56.5/8 x 21.3/8in. (143.8 x 54.3cm.)

Provenance

The Dukes of Sachsen-Meiningen, Meiningen.

Literature

B. Berenson, The Venetian Painters of the Renaissance, New York and London, 1907, p. 82, as a late work by Basaiti.
G. Voss, Die Bau-und Kunstdenkmäler Thringens, XXXIV, Jena, 1909, no. 171.

Lot Essay

Berenson (loc. cit.) considers this to be by the same hand as the following lot. However, although the two panels here the same provenance and have compositional similarities, stylistic differences suggest that these must be by different hands. In particular, compare the pronounced contours of the face of Saint Paul and the sfumato of that of Saint Anthony Abbot.

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