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Description: | Once attributed to the Baroque artist Ciro Ferri, this painting is more likely to be by a less well-known Italian painter practising during the first half of the seventeenth century. The subject is St Matthew with the angel who inspired him to write the first Gospel. Seventeenth-century artists, notably Caravaggio, had shown Matthew as poor and uneducated, able to write only with God's help. The painter of this piece shows a more distinguished saint, although he still experiences a trance-like inspiration. The angel smiles and encourages him with his hand on his shoulder, whilst holding his inkwell. | Subjects: | religion (St Matthew angel); figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Italian School Æ Previously attributed to Ferri, Ciro (Italian painter, architect, and sculptor, 1634-1689) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8867... | Go to resource |
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