Italian Artist, David with the Head of Goliath, 1600s, Oil on Canvas, Framed

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Oil painting on canvas. Central Italian school of the 17th century. The painting recalls in its pictorial style the production … Read more Oil painting on canvas. Central Italian school of the 17th century. The painting recalls in its pictorial style the production of Angelo Caroselli (1585-1652), a Roman Baroque artist who was a painter, copyist, restorer, but also a pasticheur and connoisseur of art, i.e. creator of paintings "in the manner of" - in the "technique" and "style" of a specific artistic time or of a specific author, even assembling "parts" taken from different paintings. Initially in the Caravaggio style, Il Caroselli later developed his own personal artistic language, which was copied by many minor artists. In this work the fixed and almost exasperated expressiveness of the character stands out, whose elegance of the seventeenth-century dress and the almost feminine features of the face with a rosy complexion, contrast with the crudeness of Goliath's head, bloody, with the large stab wound that stands out against the mortal pallor. The painting has been restored and relined, preserving the original wooden frame. It is presented in a contemporary wooden frame . This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
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