Oil on canvas depicting Saint John;
Period: 17th century;
Origin: Italy;
Painter: Giovanni Andrea Sirani (Bologna, September 4, 1610 – Bologna, May 21, 1670) was an Italian painter and engraver of the Baroque era, father of Elisabetta and the lesser-known Barbara and Anna Maria.
Condition: restored;
Frame: not from the same period;
Dimensions: h. 73 cm x w. 60 cm;
The sketch is in the Louvre.
by Rinaldi Ivan
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