Giuseppe Antonio Pianca Saint Sebastian Oil on Canvas 18th Century - San Sebastian

Features

Artist:  Giuseppe Antonio Pianca (1703 ca.-1760)

Artwork title:  San Sebastiano

Age:  18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Subject:  Sacred Subject

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description : San Sebastiano

Oil on canvas. The painting comes from a private collection and was published on the catalog dedicated to Giuseppe Antonio Pianca by Filippo Maria Ferri. The author of the catalog wrote: "Of extraordinary visual impact, the picture combines the admiration for antique sculpture with a vibrant feeling of existence". The Saint's body is depicted like it was sculpted with particular attention to the volume. The emotions and the feeling of "modernity" of the picture are the leading lines to analyze the painting. The painter was almost ignored by the critics until some decades ago and now it is "subject of real interest of the critics, the most inquiring, the most à la page" (as described by Anna Maria Brizio in her introduction to the commemorative exhibition in Val Sesia). The painting was famous for its fast executive skills and vitality, along with widespread agitation. Restored and relined, presented in antique frame.

Product Condition:
Fair condition. Wear consistent with age and use. Restored and relined.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 148
Width: 108
Depth: 5

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 135
Width: 95