Early 17th-Century Italian School, Portrait Of Saint John The Evangelist Men This late 19th-century naive British

This late 19th-century naive British oil painting depicts a scene from a harness race

Medium: Oil on canvasOverall size: 25” x 27½” / 63cm x 70cmYear of creation: 1857Labels & Inscriptions: Artist’s name plaque

Her eyes convey a kindness and there’s the inkling of a smile

One from ‘Robinot Frères’

as Wykeham Archer explains

Early 17th-Century Italian School, Portrait Of Saint John The Evangelist Men This late 19th-century naive BritishThis beautiful early 17th century Italian oil painting depicts Saint John the Evangelist in prayer. Its a fragment of a larger work possibly portraying either the Lamentation of Christ or the Nativity. His expression is somewhat enigmatic. John the Evangelist was one of Christs twelve apostles and traditionally thought to be the author of the Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation. Hes also referred to as John the Apostle. Over the centuries, hes