Painting St. Dorotea Attr. to Francesco Botti Art Ancient Painting - Attributed to Francesco Botti

Features

Artist:  Francesco Botti (1640-1711) Attributed to 

Artwork title:  Santa Dorotea

Age:  17th Century / 1601 - 1700

Subject:  Figures of Saints

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description : Santa Dorotea

Oil painting on canvas. The painting has been attributed to Francesco Botti, a Florentine painter of the late 17th-early 18th century, due to the stylistic affinities and typology of the subject, close to some of the best-known compositions depicting saints, heroines or allegorical personifications created by the master. The young saint depicted is recognizable by her traditional attribute, the basket full of flowers and fruit: Virgin and martyr, the ancient scriptures report that she was born in Cesarea di Cappadocia around 290 after Christ and enjoyed great fame among its people, who he considered her "overflowing with purity and charity". Because she refused to abjure by sacrificing to the pagan gods, Dorothea was sentenced to death. While she was being led to the scaffold, she was heard to invoke Christ her Spouse by Theophilus, a pagan lawyer, who mocked her: "Spouse of Christ, send me some apples and roses from your husband's garden": Dorothea accepted Theophilus' proposal and when, shortly before the beheading, a child approached her carrying three roses and three apples, she invited him to take them to the pagan lawyer who had mocked her shortly before and who, faced with the miracle of faith, converted. The painting presents the young martyr in all her beauty, both externally and spiritually, underlined by the luminosity that brings out her face, lost in a contemplative attitude. The colors are delicate but lively, where the pinks of the flesh recall those of some flowers in the basket, just as the red cloak draped over one shoulder, a symbol of martyrdom, refers to the single red flower. Restored and relined, the painting is presented in a late 19th - early 20th century frame.

Product Condition:
Product in good condition, shows small signs of wear. We try to present the real state as fully as possible with photos. If some details are not clear from the photos, what is reported in the description will prevail.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 84
Width: 70
Depth: 6

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 72
Width: 58