Paul the Hermit
Francesco Fracanzano (Monopoli 1612 - Neapel 1656)
Lot-No. 379
Ca. 1635, oil/canvas, 129 x 102,5 cm, min. rest., relined. - Expertise: Viviana Farina, Napels. Also Nicola Spinosa confirms the authenticity. - Provenance: Joos Heinz, Zurich 1955; private collection Switzerland; private collection South Germany. - Italian history and figure painter. Together with his brother F. was taught painting in the studio of J. Ribera, whose style he initially adopted. Although working in Naples F. took up influences of contemporary Roman and Venetian art. Mus.: Madrid (Prado), Vienna (Kunsthist. Mus.), Neapel (Capodimonte) a. others. Lit.: AKL, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
Francesco Fracanzano: Paul the Hermit
Francesco Fracanzano (Monopoli 1612 - Neapel 1656)
Paul the Hermit
Lot-No. 379
Ca. 1635, oil/canvas, 129 x 102,5 cm, min. rest., relined. - Expertise: Viviana Farina, Napels. Also Nicola Spinosa confirms the authenticity. - Provenance: Joos Heinz, Zurich 1955; private collection Switzerland; private collection South Germany. - Italian history and figure painter. Together with his brother F. was taught painting in the studio of J. Ribera, whose style he initially adopted. Although working in Naples F. took up influences of contemporary Roman and Venetian art. Mus.: Madrid (Prado), Vienna (Kunsthist. Mus.), Neapel (Capodimonte) a. others. Lit.: AKL, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
