Saint Anthony Abbot (Preti)

Painting by Mattia Preti

Sant'Antonio Abate (St Anthony Abbot)

Artist	Mattia Preti
Year	circa 1628
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	62 cm × 62 cm (24 in × 24 in)
Location	Collezione M, Rome

Sant'Antonio Abate is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Italian Baroque painter Mattia Preti, executed c. 1628. It is part of the Collezione M curated by the Fondazione Sorgente Group in Rome, Italy.

Description

The oval painting depicts a half-bust of the eremitic early Christian monk St Anthony Abbot. He is reading a book, and on his shoulder leans his staff with a bell. The elderly man is dressed in a sober dark cloak with hood, setting apart his white beard. The painting has also been described as possibly depicting St Francis of Paola. The dark chiaroscuro betrays the influence of Caravaggio and his followers.

References

Collezione M, description and critical evaluation of work.

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Paintings	Saint Anthony Abbot (c. 1628) Aeneas Fleeing Troy (c. 1640–1645) Vanitas (1650–1670) Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (c. 1650) Christ and the Canaanite Woman (c. 1650) Saint Nicholas (c. 1653) Judith and Holofernes (c. 1653–1656) Saint John the Baptist (c. 1653–1656) The Return of the Prodigal Son (1656) Madonna of Constantinople (c. 1656) The Four Evangelists (c. 1656–1660) Saint Sebastian (c. 1657) Saint George on Horseback (1658) The Return of the Prodigal Son (1658) The Banquet of Absalom (c. 1660–1665) Belshazzar's Feast (c. 1660–1665) The Banquet of the Rich Glutton (c. 1665) The Death of Sophonisba (c. 1670) Saint John the Baptist Wearing the Red Tabard of the Order of Saint John (1671) Plato and Diogenes (c. 1688)
Related	Battistello Caracciolo (possible first master) Caravaggisti

Mattia Preti

Paintings

Saint Anthony Abbot (c. 1628)
Aeneas Fleeing Troy (c. 1640–1645)
Vanitas (1650–1670)
Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery (c. 1650)
Christ and the Canaanite Woman (c. 1650)
Saint Nicholas (c. 1653)
Judith and Holofernes (c. 1653–1656)
Saint John the Baptist (c. 1653–1656)
The Return of the Prodigal Son (1656)
Madonna of Constantinople (c. 1656)
The Four Evangelists (c. 1656–1660)
Saint Sebastian (c. 1657)
Saint George on Horseback (1658)
The Return of the Prodigal Son (1658)
The Banquet of Absalom (c. 1660–1665)
Belshazzar's Feast (c. 1660–1665)
The Banquet of the Rich Glutton (c. 1665)
The Death of Sophonisba (c. 1670)
Saint John the Baptist Wearing the Red Tabard of the Order of Saint John (1671)
Plato and Diogenes (c. 1688)

Battistello Caracciolo (possible first master)
Caravaggisti

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