Antiveduto Gramatica, 1571 Siena – 1626 Rom
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Antiveduto Gramatica, 1571 Siena – 1626 Rom
RETURN OF DAVID WITH THE HEAD OF GOLIATH
Oil on canvas. Doubled.
142.5 x 197.5 cm.
Circa 1610.
In gilded frame with foliate relief.
Depiction from the biblical story of David's battle against the giant Goliath. On the left at the edge, the young David with a bright red cloak, holding a long staff with the giant's oversized head upwards in his hands, a red bloodstain visible on his forehead. He had hit the giant on the forehead with a slingshot and cut off his head with his sword. To his right are female figures making music and dancing lightly with a triangle, tambourine and wind instrument, celebrating his triumph; to David's left is a soldier in armor.
Provenance:
Princes De Ferrari, Palazzo De Ferrari, Genoa.
Literature:
Bruno Santi and Claudio Strinati (eds.), Roma e Siena: Echi e opera. Raffaello e Caravaggio ad centro di un rapporto millenario, exhibition catalog, Siena 2005, pp. 412-413.
Cf. Pierluigi Carofano, Antonio Vignali (eds.), Tenerezza e luce nella pittura italiana tra Quattrocento e Settecento, exhibition catalog, Pontedera 2013.
Pierluigi Carofano, in: I miti e il territorio nella Sicilia dalle mille culture. L'Influenza di Caravaggio e dei Fiamminghi nella pittura meridionale, exhibition catalog, F. Paliaga (ed.), Castello Normanno-Svevo di Salemi, Pontedera 2015.
Exhibitions:
Siena, Palazzo Squarcialupi, Roma e Siena: Echi e opera. Raffaello e Caravaggio al centro di un rapporto millenario, November 2005-February 2006. (14012510) (13)
Antiveduto Gramatica,
1571 Siena - 1626 Rome
DAVID RETURNING WITH THE HEAD OF GOLIATH, CA. 1610
Oil on canvas. Relined.
142.5 x 197.5 cm.
Provenance:
De Ferrari Princes, Palazzo De Ferrari, Genoa.
Literature:
B. Santi and C. Strinati (ed.), Roma e Siena: Echi e opera. Raffaello e Caravaggio ad centro di un rapporto millenario, exhibition catalogue, Siena 2005, pp. 412-413.
cf. Pierluigi Carofano and A. Vignali (ed.), Tenerezza e luce nella pittura italiana tra Quattrocento e Settecento, exhibition catalogue, Pontedera 2013.
Pierluigi Carofano, in: I miti e il territorio nella Sicilia dalle mille culture. L'Influenza di Caravaggio e dei Fiamminghi nella pittura meridionale, exhibition catalogue, F. Paliaga (ed.), Pontedera 2015.
Exhibitions:
Roma e Siena: Echi e opera. Raffaello e Caravaggio al centro di un rapporto millenario, Palazzo Squarcialupi, Siena, November 2005 - February 2006.
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