/internal/media/dispatcher/20267/fullFAS/D/9Study for the Knight of Malta Fra Alerano Parpaglia (R.) / St John the Baptist Beheaded (V.)Art / Drawings17th century1661-166616611666Mattia PretiMattia Preti27.3000000000(R.) Study for a portrait of the knight Fra Alerano Parpaglia on the ceiling of St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta. The Knight wears a tabard of the Order. (V.) The beheaded corpse of St John the Baptist, still holding the cross-staff lies on the ground. This work is a study of the painting entitled 'Saint John the Baptist Beheaded' at the Archbishop's Palace in Seville, Spain. 42.2000000000On recto: Knight of Malta, Fra A. Pegullo.Acquired for the museum in 1933 from an unknown private collection in Malta. Support: 42.2 x 27.3 cmMUŻAReserve Collection80761311-2HMZA 000280Drawing(R.)
- MAR (Museum Annual Report), 1933-1934, p. 17, no. 64.
- "L'Idea del Sioggetto" Drawings by Mattia Preti (1613-1699), National Museum of Fine Arts, Malta (1988), p. 31.
- Tassoni, Luigi, Mattia Preti e il Senso del Disegno. Moretti e Vitali, 1990, p. 29, ill.X .
(V.)
- MAR (Museum Annual Report), 1933-1934, p. 17, no. 65.
- "L' Idea del Sioggetto" Drawings by Mattia Preti (1613-1699), National Museum of Fine Arts, Malta (1988), p. 17.Heritage Malta1199Red chalk on laid paper, with various paint stainsDrawing1 sheetValletta, Malta