Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli detto il Morazzone (1573–1626), Workshop of - Testa di San Giovanni Battista nel bacile
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Testa di San Giovanni Battista nel bacile, a XVII century oil on canvas painting in Lombard Baroque style from Italy, sold with frame.
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Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli called the Morazzone (1573–1626) – Head of John the Baptist in the Basin
17th century
Oil on canvas
Important painting from the Lombard school of the Seicento depicting the Head of John the Baptist beheaded, laid in a basin, a subject particularly significant in Lombard painting between the late Cinquecento and the early Seicento.
The work is attributed to Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli called the Morazzone (1573–1626) and reprises a composition tied to the master’s iconographic tradition.
The subject finds an important reference in Morazzone’s documented works: the Fondazione Zeri records a Head of John the Baptist attributed to Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli, oil on canvas, with a historically localized version at the Church of San Bartolomeo in Gerola Alta. Fondazione Zeri Catalog
Another work preserved in the collections of Castello Sforzesco in Milan, also attributed to Morazzone, depicts the same subject and is dated circa 1600–1624. Lombardy Beniculturali
The composition is characterized by strong chiaroscuro, with the Baptist’s face emerging from the depth of the dark background and the luminous surface of the basin. The intense rendering of the flesh tones, hair, and the dish’s details enhances the dramatic and devotional character of the image.
The painting underwent restoration and relining in 1986.
The work presents an old painting surface with widespread craquelure and patina, consistent with the indicated chronology, as well as the normal signs of time.
Details
- Artist: Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli called the Morazzone
- 1573–1626
- Title: Head of John the Baptist in the basin
- Era: 17th century
- Style: Lombard Baroque / early Seicento
- Technique: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: about 42 × 56 cm
- Restoration: 1986
- Relining: 1986
- Subject: Beheaded John the Baptist
- Provenance: Italy, private collection, purchased in the 1980s in Rome
- Frame: included about 2 cm
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Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli called the Morazzone (1573–1626) – Head of John the Baptist in the Basin
17th century
Oil on canvas
Important painting from the Lombard school of the Seicento depicting the Head of John the Baptist beheaded, laid in a basin, a subject particularly significant in Lombard painting between the late Cinquecento and the early Seicento.
The work is attributed to Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli called the Morazzone (1573–1626) and reprises a composition tied to the master’s iconographic tradition.
The subject finds an important reference in Morazzone’s documented works: the Fondazione Zeri records a Head of John the Baptist attributed to Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli, oil on canvas, with a historically localized version at the Church of San Bartolomeo in Gerola Alta. Fondazione Zeri Catalog
Another work preserved in the collections of Castello Sforzesco in Milan, also attributed to Morazzone, depicts the same subject and is dated circa 1600–1624. Lombardy Beniculturali
The composition is characterized by strong chiaroscuro, with the Baptist’s face emerging from the depth of the dark background and the luminous surface of the basin. The intense rendering of the flesh tones, hair, and the dish’s details enhances the dramatic and devotional character of the image.
The painting underwent restoration and relining in 1986.
The work presents an old painting surface with widespread craquelure and patina, consistent with the indicated chronology, as well as the normal signs of time.
Details
- Artist: Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli called the Morazzone
- 1573–1626
- Title: Head of John the Baptist in the basin
- Era: 17th century
- Style: Lombard Baroque / early Seicento
- Technique: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: about 42 × 56 cm
- Restoration: 1986
- Relining: 1986
- Subject: Beheaded John the Baptist
- Provenance: Italy, private collection, purchased in the 1980s in Rome
- Frame: included about 2 cm
NO SHIPPING TO USA, UK, SWITZERLAND
Details
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Attribution
Workshop of
Artist
Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli detto il Morazzone (1573–1626)
Title of artwork
Testa di San Giovanni Battista nel bacile
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Not signed
Country of origin
Italy
Condition
Good condition
Height
44 cm
Width
58 cm
Depiction/theme
Religion
Style
Baroque
Period
17th century
