The Conversion of Saint Paul

Details

Fidele Fischetti (Naples 1732-1792)
The Conversion of Saint Paul
oil on canvas
31 1/8 x 29½ in. (79 x 74.9 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 29 January 2009, lot 173, where acquired by the present owner.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

Working from photographs, Nicolas Spinosa has identified this work to be a modello for the lower section of the signed and dated altarpiece of The Conversion of Saint Paul, which Fischetti painted for the church of Santo Spirito, Naples (see N. Spinosa, Pittura napoletana del Settecento. Dal Rococò al Classicismo, Naples, 1988, 2nd edition, 1993, p. 133, no. 204, fig. 265).

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