Head of Saint Paul
Spanish (probably School of Seville)
European Art
On View:
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
1660–1700
DIMENSIONS
23 1/8 × 17 1/4 in. (58.7 × 43.8 cm)
frame: 35 × 29 × 3 1/2 in. (88.9 × 73.7 × 8.9 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
European Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
06.335.4
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Francis Gottsberger in memory of his wife, Eliza
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Spanish oil painting of Saint Paul; possibly painted by a student of Juan de Valdés Leal (Spanish, 1622-1690). The faces and hands are awkward and doughy, and the painter does not capture emotion as successfully and sensitively as Leal and other painters of the Spanish Baroque. A 1963 conservation report states the following: “Painting is in bad state – old lining is very dirty and brittle. To be exhibited should be re-lined, cleaned, etc. Cleavage exists, discolored varnish, old abrasion, etc. Cannot be keyed out as support would break.”
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Spanish (probably School of Seville). Head of Saint Paul, 1660–1700. Oil on canvas, 23 1/8 × 17 1/4 in. (58.7 × 43.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Francis Gottsberger in memory of his wife, Eliza, 06.335.4 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 06.335.4_framed_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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