Francesco FRACANZANO (1612-1656) Christ and... - Lot 20 - Daguerre

Francesco FRACANZANO (1612-1656) Christ and the adulterous woman Canvas. Misses and old restorations. 128 x 188 cm Misses to the frame. The format of our painting is characteristic of the "tela d'imperatore" that the amateurs of the XVIIth century hung in their galleries. A pupil of Ribera, Francesco Fracanzano bears witness to Caravaggio's naturalism with his figures cut off at the waist, the use of chiaroscuro and very realistic details such as the bald model on the right, which was very present in Neapolitan painting of the period. But already a classical inflection is felt by a certain softness of color, less contrasted, a fluid movement in diagonal, a more poetic evolution, comparable to that of Guarino or Vaccaro in those years. This influence, perceptible in the two central figures, was due to the presence of works by Guido Reni and the Dominiquin, which arrived in Naples in the first third of the century. We thank Professor Spinosa for his help in describing this painting.