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Description: | Signed: yes Description: The Golden Legend of Jacobus de Voragine recounts that St. Andrew fell to his knees before his cross in adoration because he was to die in the same way as Christ. This is the first of three versions commissioned for senator Paolo del Sera and two other collectors in Florence. Several of the figures are portraits of well-known contemporaries. The man in armour is the artists friend Raffaello Ximenes, a noted connoisseur and one of Dolci's earliest patrons. Dolci's self portrait appears below the saint's right hand. Dolci also included references to several other works of art in the background - pictures which may have been in the del Sera collection. The man in the red cap seen in the distance between the legs of the executioner is a famous Titian portrait while the turbanned figure is a quote from Rubens. | Subjects: | religion (St Andrew) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Dolci, Carlo (Italian painter, 1616-1687) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9165... | Go to resource |
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