Stefano Trapanese - SAN ANDREA apostolo (St. Andrew apostle)

Stefano Trapanese is a LEADER ARTIST in the province of Salerno (Italy) and is consistently in the TOP10 of NATIONAL PROFILE MASTERS in Italy (source PitturiAmo.com).
A student of Italian art history and, in particular, of the Neapolitan painting of the 17th century, maestro Stefano Trapanese draws inspiration from the great Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) and from the painters of Italian Baroque. His paintings are all original oil on canvas. He selects the models, dresses them, and poses them for a portrait.
Andrea raises his right arm to offer the two fish, introduced to emphasize his condition as a fisherman transfigured by the encounter with Christ: “While walking along the Sea of Galilee, Jesus saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; they were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And he said to them, ‘Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.’ And they immediately left their nets and followed him” (Mt 4:18–20). A sequence that sublimates into martyrdom, alluded to by the particular of the wood, whose diagonal arrangement recalls a tradition dating from the 10th century that describes Andrew’s cross as decussated, according to a symbolic rereading aimed at underscoring the Christological reference, through the initial Greek letter of Christ’s name. Thus one comes to optimize a privilege, justified by that readiness of faith that makes Andrew the Protoklitos, the “first called”: he who, already driven by a restlessness of seeking that brought him to the Baptizer’s school, welcomes without reservation the indication of John Ecce Agnus Dei and follows Jesus, recognizing him as the Messiah, the awaited Christ.
The painting is equipped with a precious hand-made gilded wooden frame that enlarges the painting’s dimensions to 60 cm x 53 cm (19.6 in x 16.9 in) and a brass plaque.