Giovanni Battista Beinaschi

Beinaschi, who depicted the apostle holding the keys to heaven, his traditional attribute, likely executed this work during the 1680s, when he lived in Naples and oversaw a large and successful workshop.

We are grateful to Dr. Erich Schleier for his assistance cataloguing this lot and to Dr. Guendalina Serafinelli for endorsing the attribution to Beinaschi.