Master Paintings and Drawings
Master Paintings and Drawings
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Attributed to Claude Vignon
St. Paul writing at his desk
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October 22, 02:52 PM GMT
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Attributed to Claude Vignon
Tours 1593 - 1670 Paris
St. Paul writing at his desk
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 37 by 50 in.; 94 by 127 cm.
Vignon traveled to Rome as a young artist and came under the influence of Caravaggio. He painted a series of seated apostles during this time, and the present lot relates to autograph depictions of St. Paul, one version of which is in the Harvard Art Museums.1 The hands and still life of books in the present canvas resemble these early paintings. The 1627 inventory of Cardinal Francesco Maria Del Monte, an important patron of Caravaggio, mentions a St. Paul by Vignon.
We are grateful to Paola Bassani Pacht for her assistance in the cataloging of this lot.
1. inv. 1994.150. https://hvrd.art/o/227293