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The painting represents the Virgin and martyr Agnes, identifiable by the lamb garlanded with flowers that she tenderly embraces, which is a peculiar attribute of the saint. Even today, two lambs – symbols of purity and meekness – reared in the Roman convent dedicated to her are blessed and offered to the Pope, and their wool is used to make the fabric for the palli of bishops throughout the Catholic world.
The painting is the work of an illustrious Florentine painter of the 17th century, Francesco Furini, and the attribution has also been verbally confirmed by Mina Gregori. Furini was born in Florence in 1603. At a very young age, he was in the workshop of Passignano and then with G. Bilivert, whose school was based in the Grand Ducal gallery. In 1619, he made a study trip to Rome where he attended the studio of Bartolomeo Manfredi, the most famous Caravaggesque of the time. At the age of nineteen, he would have returned to Florence, entering the workshop of Matteo Rosselli. The early works record Roman and Bolognese influences, later his style will become soft and nuanced, with depictions of nudes and sensual female figures adapted into the guise of saints or allegories, of statuesque beauty much appreciated... (See 2013 catalog)
(Arabella Cifani)
Measurements H x W x D
Height cm.: 72
Width cm.: 59
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