Study for the Knight of Malta Fra Alerano Parpaglia (R.) / St John the Baptist Beheaded (V.)

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Study for the Knight of Malta Fra Alerano Parpaglia (R.) / St John the Baptist Beheaded (V.)

Artist Mattia Preti Italian, 1613 - 1699

Date1661-1666

Period17th century

Classification(s)

Art / Drawings

Object TypeDrawing

Extent1 sheet

Registration NumberFAS/D/311

Description(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. Material

Red chalk on laid paper, with various paint stains

Technique

Drawing

Place of Manufacture

Valletta, Malta

DimensionsSupport: 42.2 x 27.3 cmCuratorial RemarksOn recto: Knight of Malta, Fra A. Pegullo.ProvenanceAcquired for the museum in 1933 from an unknown private collection in Malta. Published References(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.

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