Item : 318217
DOMENICO PIOLA (Genoa, 1627-1703). "MYSTICAL MARRIAGE OF SAINT CATHERINE"
Author : Domenico Piola
Period: 17th century
Measures H x L x P  
DOMENICO PIOLA (Genoa, 1627 –1703) painter among the main exponents of the Genoese Baroque. “MYSTICAL MARRIAGE OF SAINT CATHERINE“ Oil painting on clean and re-stretched canvas. Examined under Wood's lamp, it presents some restorations of which photos and documentation are shown below. Canvas size 130x93 cm. Painting of excellent pictorial quality with a unique perspective game. Saint Catherine occupies the scene in the center of the composition, in a penitent act, resting on a prie-dieu half covered with fabrics, illustrated with refined and well-finished drapery, which make up a relevant play of shadows and strong chiaroscuro. Above, the Child Jesus, surrounded by a circle of light, holds out his anus
Antichità Santoro 
Via Nazario Sauro 14 
40121 Bologna BO (Bologna)  Italia