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Cesare Pronti
17th Century by Cesare Pronti Martyrdom of Saint Agatha Oil on canvas

17th Century

$24,990.91
£18,358.90
€21,100
CA$34,313.32
A$38,459.37
CHF 20,134
MX$474,565.61
NOK 252,920.69
SEK 238,078.69
DKK 160,555.43
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Cesare Pronti (Cattolica, Italy, 1626 - Ravenna, Italy, 1708) Title: Martyrdom of Saint Agatha Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: Without frame 57.7 x 37 cm – with frame 64 x 42.7 x 3.5 cm Publications: Cesare Pronti da Cattolica (1626 – 1708). Un omaggio in quattro atti, curated by Alessandro Giovanardi, Pazzini Editore 2021, Villa Verucchio (Rimini, Italy), pp. 13-14, 90-93. Cesare Pronti (1926 – 1708) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period and he was mainly active near Ravenna, Italy. As a child he showed an innate artistic bent, for this reason he moved to Bologna to train under Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, better known as (il) Guercino (1591-1666). He subsequently became an Augustinian friar commonly called “Padre Cesare da Ravenna”. The painting depicts the martyrdom of Saint Agatha where a barely visible single angel, bearer of the crown of Christian heroism, appears like a silvery-white apparition. Agatha was put to death during the Decian persecution (250–253, Third Century AD) in Catania, Sicily, for her determined profession of faith. She was a 15-year-old young woman coming from a rich and noble family who made the vow of virginity and rejected the amorous advances of the Roman prefect Quintianus, who wanted to marry the young woman. It is a very refined monochrome, executed in oil, which highlights the painter's technical skills. The exact name of the painting technique used in this artwork is Grisaille, and it indicated a monochrome work that is painted in grey. The martyrdom of St. Agatha is part of a series of paintings, many of them produced using the chiaroscuro technique.
  • Creator:
    Cesare Pronti (1626 - 1708, Italian)
  • Creation Year:
    17th Century
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 22.72 in (57.7 cm)Width: 14.57 in (37 cm)
  • More Editions & Sizes:
    Without frame 57.7 x 37 cm – with frame 64 x 42.7 x 3.5 cmPrice: $24,991
  • Medium:
    Canvas,Oil
  • Movement & Style:
    Old Masters
  • Period:
    17th Century
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Milano, IT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1701215950992

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