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Bernardo Strozzi first worked in Genoa and spent the final part of his career in Venice. A former Capuchin friar, he painted religious and secular subjects as well as portraits. Energetic brushwork and strong colour characterise compositions that vary considerably in scale and purpose.
In Tobias Curing His Father’s Blindness, painted in 1630–1635 and held by the Metropolitan Museum, the biblical episode unfolds among objects rendered with the attention of a still life. Following the archangel Raphael’s instructions, Tobias applies fish gall. The National Gallery’s Personification of Fame, probably painted in 1635–1636, presents a winged woman carrying a trumpet and a shawm. Her yellow skirt and red bodice emerge from a dark landscape, while the treatment of the fabrics makes the freedom of the brush conspicuous.
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Oil on canvas
Vision des Heiligen Franziskus
Öl auf Leinwand
Auction date : 2019-11-16
Published result : 148800 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 130000
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