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Description: | Signed: yes Description: An Arabic man of learning, wearing a turban, is holding a snake in his hand above a book of herbal recipes. The figure may be Avicenna, a medieval Arab sage. The work is believed to be a painting by a seventeenth-century Neapolitan painter, possibly the circle of Francesco Fracanzano. It is also close stylistically to the work of Matteo Preti who painted a number of figures wearing turbans. | Subjects: | figure; interior; animal (snake); still life | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Fracanzano, Francesco (Italian painter, 1612-1656) Æ Attributed to circle of Attributed to Preti, Mattia (Italian painter, 1613-1699) Previously attributed to Italian (Neapolitan) School | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8326... | Go to resource |
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