Vincenzo di Antonio Frediani (Lucca 1481 - 1504) - Predella with the beheading of a saint.
38 x 56 cm (without frame) - 50.5 x 67.5 cm (with frame).
Oil on panel, in a wooden frame.
Attribution confirmed orally by Prof. Andrea De Marchi.
Vincenzo di Antonio Frediani is one of the most representative Lucchese painters of the late 15th century, active in a culturally vibrant context, marked by the presence of foreign masters and constant dialogue with Florentine and Pisan painting. His training reflects a provincial but by no means closed environment: Lucca, a significant mercantile and religious center, welcomed important commissions and ensured the painter direct knowledge of the most up-to-date figurative trends. Frediani stands out for his solid mastery of drawing, a sober color palette, and a volumetric rendering of figures that betrays the influence of the 15th-century Tuscan tradition, with accents that refer to the painting of Filippino Lippi and, more generally, to the Ghirlandaio environment.
The painting depicts the scene of the beheading of a saint, a recurring subject in Lucchese and Tuscan devotional painting of the period. The composition, with its typical horizontal format of a predella, organizes the figures within an open space with narrative balance. The plastic rendering of the forms, the measured treatment of light, and the quality of the drapery are consistent with Frediani's mature language, placing the work in the most significant core of his production.
Condition report: Panel with parquet backing. Good state of conservation of the painted surface, with slight localized abrasions and old retouches.
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