Skip to main content
Video Loading
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 9

17th Century Onorio Marinari Italian Religious Painting

About the Item

A very important painting by the great artist of the Florentine school, Onorio Marinari. Dr. Silvia Benassai has confirmed Marinari’s authorship of the Saint Margaret of Antioch; available on demand, a historical-artistic fact sheet prepared by Dr. Silvia Benassai Onorio Marinari (1627 – 5 January 1715) was a very important Italian painter and printmaker of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence. His father, Sigismondo di Pietro Marinari, was also a painter, and he trained with his cousin, Carlo Dolci, later being also influenced by Simone Pignoni and Francesco Furini. His fresco in the Palazzo Capponi, Florence, is dated 1707. He worked mainly in Florence for Florentine and Tuscan clients, but he did not devote himself only to painting. In fact, in 1674, he published an essay on astronomy entitled Fabbrica ed uso dell' Annulo Astronomico. Bartolomeo Bimbi was one of his pupils. St. Margaret of Antioch July 20, Martyr Margaret, known as Margaret of Antioch in the West, and as Saint Marina the Great Martyr (Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Μαρίνα) in the East, is celebrated as a saint on 20 July in Western Christianity, on 30th of July (Julian calendar) by the Eastern Orthodox Church, and on Epip 23 and Hathor 23 in the Coptic Orthodox Church. She was reputed to have promised very powerful indulgences to those who wrote or read her life or invoked her intercessions; these no doubt helped the spread of her following. Margaret is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers and is one of the saints with whom Joan of Arc claimed to have spoken Her father was a pagan priest in Pisidian Antioch, Asia Minor (modern Turkey). Her mother died when Margaret was an infant, and the girl was raised by a Christian woman. Margaret’s father disowned her, her nurse adopted her, and Margaret converted, consecrating herself and her virginity to God. One day a Roman prefect saw the beautiful young Margaret as she was tending sheep, and tried to get her into his bed. When she refused, the official denounced her as a outlaw Christian, and she was brought to trial. When she refused to sacrifice to the pagan gods, the authorities tried to burn her, then boil her in a large cauldron; each time her prayers kept her unharmed. Part of her story involves her meeting the devil in the form of a dragon, being swallowed by the dragon, and then escaping safely when the cross she carried irritated the dragon‘s innards; this accounts for this virgin’s association with pregnancy, labour, and childbirth. She was finally martyred by beheading. This artwork, never before on the market, comes from an important Italian private collection and is beautified by an impressive antique frame in gilded wood, in almost perfect condition. Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Sabrina Egidi official Expert in Italian furniture for the Chamber of Commerce of Rome and for the Rome Civil Courts. Dimensions are frame included This artwork is shipped from Rome. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy created over 70 years ago by an artist who has died can requires a license for export regardless of the work’s market price. The shipping may require additional handling days to require the license according to the destination of the artwork.
  • Creator:
    Onorio Marinari (Artist)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 37.41 in (95 cm)Width: 29.53 in (75 cm)Depth: 3.94 in (10 cm)
  • Style:
    Baroque (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
    Mid-17th Century
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1660 ca.
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. Minor fading.
  • Seller Location:
    Roma, IT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU4827239849972

More From This Seller

View All
Renaissance Style Italian Religious Painting
By Sandro Botticelli
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful old Italian master painting Madonna Oil on panel Alessandro Filipepi, also known as Sandro Botticelli, is the first artist that come...
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Italian Primitive Paintings

Materials

Wood

20th Century Italian Signed Landscape Painting
By Filiberto Petiti
Located in Roma, IT
20th Century Italian Signed Landscape Beautiful and important painting by the great artist born in Turin, but of the Roman school, Filiberto Petiti ...
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Romantic Paintings

Materials

Wood

19th Century Italian Signed and Located Painting
By Leonardo Spreafico
Located in Roma, IT
19th Century Italian Signed and Located Painting Beautiful and rare oil on canvas painting by the great Lombard painter Eugenio Spreafico. It best represents the talent of this gre...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Country Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Ippolito Caffi 19th Century Signed Italian Painting
By Ippolito Caffi
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful and important painting attributed to the great 19th-century artist Ippolito Caffi. Tempera on canvas pasted on panel. Depicts the Bay of Naples in all its resplendent beaut...
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paper

19th Century Signed Italian Military Painting Michele Cammarano
By Michele Cammarano
Located in Roma, IT
In this beautiful painting, the great Neapolitan artist Michele Cammarano performs one of his favourite subjects: descriptions of battles and settings with a military theme. Our impo...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Italian Napoleon III Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Pair of 19th Century Rembrandt Follower Painting
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in Roma, IT
Pair of important oil paintings by a follower of Rembrant The two works represent two celebrated paintings : "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp" and "The Sampling Officials." ...
Category

Antique 1890s Italian Baroque Paintings

Materials

Wood

You May Also Like

Set Of Baroque Paintings, (17th Century) - Religious Art
Located in Lisbon, PT
A pair of Oil Italian Baroque paintings: - A 17th Century baroque painting of a sideview of Jesus Christ Salvator Mundi or Saviour of the World in sfumato Saint Savior of the Worl...
Category

Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Paintings

Materials

Copper

17th Century Italian School Religious Oil Painting “The Visitation”
Located in Lincoln, GB
The oil painting composition “The Visitation” depicts the Virgin Mary dressed in a blue robe visiting her cousin Elizabeth just after the Annunciation (the announcement by the angel ...
Category

Antique 17th Century Paintings

Materials

Paint

Ancient Religious Painting From The 17th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Ancient Religious Painting From The 17th Century 17TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS PAINTING. SANTA CATARINA. LATIN WRITING. MEASUREMENTS: 116X80CM
Category

Antique 17th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas

17th Century Painting
Located in Miami, FL
17th century painting J.Castano 17th century Spain
Category

Antique 17th Century Baroque Paintings

Materials

Canvas

17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Antique Religious Painting, 1650
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Splendid 17th century Italian painting. Oil painting on canvas depicting the alliance of Jacob and Laban. The subject is inspired by a canvas by Pietro da Cortona (1596-1669), preser...
Category

Antique 1650s Italian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

17th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Religious Painting Holy Family, 1660
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Antique Italian painting from the 17th century. Oil on canvas artwork depicting a wonderful Holy Family. Painting of remarkable pictorial quality, particularly evident in the masterf...
Category

Antique 1660s Italian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Recently Viewed

View All